Snape & DADA: hearsay, or a true slight?

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 32924

I think Snape has applied for it, and as a former DE he does know the 
business (which both he and Dumbledore know).

Quirrell (faints after mentioning a troll) and Lockhart (risks 
students, concentrates on his own ego, and in the end, obliviates 
himself with a broken wand he stole from a student) *were* totally 
unqualified!

This WOULD piss Snape off - DADA is important, and Dumbledore 
choosing an incompetent teacher instead of him who at least would 
know what he's talking about...

Lupin was excellent at it - too bad he was a werewolf.

Crouch/Moody was good, too - and Moody as an ex-auror knew more than 
well the business.

However, Snape does except perfection from the beginning. He has no 
patience for errors (and students DO make errors). This would cause a 
student to hesitate without full knowledge, knowing how Snape is. It 
is good when dealing with potions, where the slightest error is 
dangerous.

In DADA, the courage to at least try is more important than 
perfection of a spell. Just watch Ron use the ONLY spell he knows 
along with Harry to defeat a troll, Harry using the only advantage he 
had when fighting Quirrell, his incomplete, but successful enough a 
Patronus etc.

Most important qualification for a DADA teacher, IMO, is the ability 
to encourage students. This is something Snape lacks, and would, 
probably, be more likely to discourage them. Even having a teacher 
without full knowledge is better, as if a student can i.e. defeat a 
troll when his teacher faints at it's mention, what could be a better 
encouragement than that?

I think Snape doesn't understand that, but Dumbledore does. Besides, 
Snape knows his potions, and Dumbledore would have a great deal of 
trouble to find someone to fulfil THAT potition if Snape got to teach 
DADA - I doubt that Dumbledore sees any subject thought in HIS school 
to be without merit...