Quirrell's Tenure (WAS: Quirrell)

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No: HPFGUIDX 43864

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "erisedstraeh2002" <bdmorrp at b...> wrote:
> I was always under the impression that Quirrell was only at 
Hogwarts 
> for one year, based on the following quote from PoA:  "Harry, Ron 
and 
> Hermione had already had two Defense Against the Dark Arts 
teachers, 
> both of whom had only lasted one year" (Chapter 5 - UK ed., p. 60, 
US 
> ed., p. 75).  But it's possible that Quirrell taught a different 
> subject before he took that fateful trip to Albania.  I think the 
> Movie That Must Not Be Named adds to the confusion when Percy tells 
> Harry that "Snape's been after Quirrell's job *for years*."
> 
> ~Phyllis

>From Harry, Ron and Hermoinies point of view they only had Quirrel 
for a year. We see things from Harrys point of view and from Harrys 
point of view he's never had the same DADA teacher for more than one 
year. It is possible that some of the older students may have had the 
same DADA teacher for more than one year. This means that Quirrell 
could have taught DADA for more than a year but Harry just doesn't 
think of it like that because the previous years were before Harry 
attened Howarts.

Michelle