[HPforGrownups] Re: female DADA profs and another vote for BadBoy!Draco

[Cornet83 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 41629

Hello all, 
I suddenly had a thought (hold the applause please) while reading this thread 
and have decided to venture out of lurkdom to unveil it.  I don't really 
believe it would really happen, it's just wild and crazy speculation. Also 
please take the following with the basic "I hope this hasn't been discussed 
before" preemptive apology.

Anyway, although several women have been offered up by you listies for the 
position of the new female DADA professor, including Arabella/Mrs. Figg, 
Fleur and even Neville's gran, I have yet to see anyone suggest a witch whom 
we have had plenty of canonical exposure to and who obviously has at least a 
fair amount of magical talent.  Can anyone guess who I'm thinking of?  Rita 
Skeeter!  

No wait! Come back and here me out!  Stop throwing things at me long enough 
to listen for a minute.  *deep breath* OK.

Now, what do we know are the qualifications for teaching the DADA class? 
Basically, AFAIK at least, there aren't any!  I mean, none of the former 
teachers really had that much *teaching* experience that we know of right?  

1.  Quirrell- ok, he *was* a teacher, but he was also evil, so scratch him.  
Also, he was a quivering coward the whole year, and even though he was 
acting, how good do you think his teaching was during that time if he was 
afraid of his own shadow?

2.  Lockhart- I don't think I have to explain his qualifications (or lack 
there of) but I will anyway...he was an author for pete's sake! and one who 
stole his stories and lied. He actually knew nothing about DADA, or for that 
matter, anything useful except for memory charms, and the other teachers knew 
it and he still got hired. 

3.  Lupin- Now finally here's a teacher who knows his stuff!  He was the best 
teacher they had IMHO but that's not the point of this post.  Looking at 
qualifications, was he a teacher before?  I can't remember if the letters on 
his suitcase said Professor R. Lupin, or just R. Lupin and I don't really 
want to get up and check right now, I'm too lazy.  But even if they did say 
Professor, I seem to remember a discussion not too too long ago about whether 
or not that was newly added due to the condition of the peeling letters.  So, 
we don't know if he was a teacher before and.......he was a werewolf.  Now 
don't get me wrong, I like him and don't hold it against him, but I don''t 
think its a good addition to a resume. 

4.  Moody- Well, CrouchMoody acted all right, but once again we have the evil 
teacher thing going so I think we should scratch him.  But even if the real 
Moody had been teaching, what are his credentials?  Granted he was an Auror 
and has a vast knowledge of the dark arts, but everyone seems to think that 
he's a little off his rocker, and slightly paranoid.  Do you call sticking a 
grizzled old crazy wizard, who may or may not be able to see through anything 
he wants, in a school to teach magical kids a good idea?  Personally, I 
don't. 

5. Snape- Although only a fill in, he didn't really know his facts all too 
well, as Hermione pointed out, and he taught in his usual manner. I leave it 
up to you to decide whether or not thats a good thing. Im not dumb enough to 
get sucked into that discussion.

So, as we can see, there really aren't a set of requirements for being a 
Hogwarts teacher, at least not DADA.  So Rita could fit the bill, and here's 
why:
       - she has been pretty much banned from writing for at least a year, 
and she needs a job
       - she has mastered the animagus transformation, which is supposed to 
be difficult to do, so she has at least sufficient magical talent.
       - she is certainly unaffraid to stand up to anyone and probably won't 
take any crap from students
       - she was rather close to all the participants during the tasks in the 
tournament and she stayed safe, even in beetle form.

Ok, that last one is a stretch, but I think there's at least some things that 
could work in favor of Rita becoming a teacher. I dont really believe it will 
happen, but someone might.  Anyone care to agree and offer new evidence for 
support, or do you prefer to ruthlessly tear my pitiful idea apart? Either 
way, hope to hear some replies, and if there was a thread about this awhile 
back, please point me in the right direction!

Cheerio!
mariahisabel