DADA teachers (was Re: Remus isn't THAT nice - well.....

[irene_mikhlin]

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Felicia Rickmann" <feliciarickmann at d...> 
wrote:

> I think his strike rate with DDA teachers is low overall but we 
have no
> other teachers from other disciplines to compare Remus with.  Think 
of
> Gilderoy Lockhart as one of Dumbledore's DDA teachers and what a * 
sad * end
> he (eventually) came to. 

Just how important does Dumbledore consider DADA to be? It sounds 
like an important subject to teach in the difficult times, but is it 
really? It looks like someone who is competent in other magical 
subjects could achieve almost on his own. Transfigure things into 
suitable weapons, use suitable charms and you should be fine.
Just look at the other mandatory subjects: Charms, Transfiguration, 
Herbology, Potions - they are all taught by competent teachers who 
had been in Hogwarts for a long time. (Probably Astronomy also 
belongs to this group, we just do not now enough yet).
DADA in that aspect is more like Divination, or Care of Magical 
Creatures, or History - where Dumbledore does not mind employing 
frauds or incompetent teachers (Sorry to all the Hagrid fans - he is 
a good man but a horrible teacher).
(I wonder if Binns has a fan club? ;-)

Irene