[HPforGrownups] Selection of DADA Teachers (WAS: TBAY: Dead Man Walking (WAS Assassin!Snape and Karkaroff's Big Mistake))

[jazmyn]

No: HPFGUIDX 47010



Sherry Garfio wrote:
> 
> Let's look at the qualifications of the DADA teachers so far (using only what
> Dumbledore knew about them at the time of hire and discounting later
> revelations about their true past or true identity):
> 
> Quirrell: Only theoretical experience when he started teaching.  Went out to do
> some field research and came back scared of his own students.
> 

Yeah, but he had a dark wizard stuck to the back of his head. We never
get a real idea of what he was teaching though, but I bet Volde dinna
want him to teach anything about defending against the dark arts..
Moody/Crouch did, but he didn't have Volde stuck to the back of his
head, couching him on what to teach and didn't want anyone to suspect he
was not Moody by giving wimpy DADA classes.


> Lockhart: Long career traipsing around fighting vampires and banshees and
> writing books about it.  Nice smile.

No, he didn't. He got the stories from the wizards and witches who did,
then did memory charms on them to make them thin k he did it instead or
forget they ever did it at all, then stole their achievements. Lockhart
was a fraud and likely never saw a banshee or vampire face to face in
his life.


> 
> Lupin: Demonstrated ability to control dangerous creatures (not sure in what
> capacity he has demonstrated this prior to being hired, I'm just assuming
> Dumbledore knew this).  Werewolf.
> 

Being as Lupin is a werewolf, defined AS a dark creature, I'd say he has
a bit of hands on experience.  He also may have spent a lot of time in
the woods or something before he had access to the shak.

> Moody: Distinguished career as an Auror during VoldeWar I.  Now very mentally
> unstable.
> 

People hinted he was unstable before he was locked in his trunk for 10
months. Might bet that after all he went through as an auror, the trunk
time might have been a vacation in comparison.


> So the least qualified is probably Quirrell, but the others all sound pretty
> good.  But it seems to me that Snape is uniquely qualified in that he has
> *used* the Dark Arts, in service to the very Dark wizard that these students
> are likely to be in endangered by.  Could it be that Dumbledore isn't 100% sure
> that Snape is reformed, and if given the DADA position might start training
> students in actual Dark Arts?  Or is it just that qualified Potions teachers
> are so hard to come by that he needs Snape to stay where he is (never be
> indispensable - if you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted)?
> 

There is no real evidence that Snape wants the position. Students ASSUME
he wants it because of the way he acts or some might know from their
parents that Snape was a DE, etc.  We NEVER at any time see Snape
mentioning he wants the job at all.  I think he just is disgusted with
the lousy DADA teachers like Lockhart (he knows he is a fraud) and
Quirrell (who acted too suspicious around him and Snape saw right
through him). He also didn't seem to like Lupin, but got along with him
better then the others, I'd say... and Moody (the real one) never
believed he had reformed, thus he would not tend to like him.  All this
dislike, people have translated into jealousy and think Snape doesn't
like them because he wants their job.  In fact, he shows no real dislike
for potion making (none of that silly wand waving).


> I would think that DADA, given that Voldemort has been showing himself since
> Quirrell's tenure to be trying to make a comeback, would be much more important
> for the students to learn well right now than Potions.  Better to find another
> teacher, even a mediocre one, for the Potions position and allow Snape to use
> his unique knowledge to prepare the students for Voldemort's return.  It seemed
> like that was exactly what Moody was trying to do (when everybody assumed he
> really was Moody), and it was a given that he was only hired for one year.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> -Sherry
> 


Maybe in fact, he doesn't want the job or Dumbledore would have given it
to him if he asked.  Or..maybe he prefers teaching potions and is in
fact, the greatest potion master in the WW and better off where he is,
so he doesn't have to deal with all that silly wand waving and
incantations he dislikes so much.  Plus, never assume potions is not
important or as important as DADA.  Its a more subtle art, but a VERY
powerful one.  Three drops and you would be spilling your innermost
secrets....theres no charm for that..

Jazmyn