DADA's never-lasting teachers

[prefectmarcus]

No: HPFGUIDX 43621

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "hp_fan16" <hp_fan16 at y...> wrote:
> An other thing I wonder about, pertain to DADA that is, is how come 
> Dumbledore, who defeated the dark wizard Grindelwald, never taught 
> DADA. He taught transfiguration, why? He knew so much about the 
dark 
> arts. 

Perhaps because he was better at transfiguration.  Or it could be 
that you simply cannot fake transfiguration.  You can go a fair way 
in DADA with just book learning, but not transfiguration.

> Again Snape is a character who follows this suit. He knows all 
about 
> DADA but teaches potions! Perhaps, there really is no better 
potions 
> teacher, but we also have yet to see a better DADA teacher (with 
> potential to last) So can't he be the DADA teacher, and leave it 
some 
> mediocre potions master to handle the class. 

(1) I am convinced that Snape *loves* potions and would fight the 
appointment to DADA.  
(2) If you get the potions wrong, it would likely prove very deadly.  
Simply no room for incompentance here.
(3) The teacher must not only know the potions, but know what went 
wrong if and when it does, and the proper antidotes for both the true 
potion and its mistakes.

Marcus



Marcus