Quirrel's teaching...Dumbledore's aging process

[Denise Jurski]

No: HPFGUIDX 43929

Constance said:

>We just don't have much evidence on how his classes were
>run to come to a conclusion, hence, I assume that his skills and
>passion did not dissipate when he went corrupt.

>Oh, yeah, he was out to destroy the world in the name of the dark
>master, but that's only incidental to my point. <g>

All of which makes a lot of sense. I'm with you that Quirrel could have been
a good DADA teacher before his Voldy-years. But as to if he continued to
teach as well after, I'm left wondering this: What would be his motivation
for teaching DADA well, after his Voldification? He'd have to teach it
passably, at least, to remain at Hogwarts and keep his cover. But I'd say he
has a lot of motivation to be a poor teacher. After all, the more students
who are good at defending against the dark arts, the higher the danger to
Voldy and the Death Eaters. One of Quirrel's students might just be the next
super-auror who gets his start under his tutelage. Best to keep them less
well informed, for his boss anyway.


Jeff asked:

>Or is he? In the Legends of King Arthur, the wizard Merlin knows a
>lot about what is going to happen too. Why? Because he lives
>backwards. He experiences his old age first and then the rest of his
>life, getting younger as he goes. Could Dumbledore be doing the same
>thing?

You know, I've always been a little creeped out by the whole living your
life backward thing. I'm reading a new Peter David novel where Merlin is now
about 8. Anyway, that's neither here nore not here. ;-)

As for Dumbledore aging backward...we have the memories in CoS that show him
younger, 50 years ago. Didn't the Professor Dumbledore that spoke to Tom in
his diary have auburn hair? Wasn't he described as a younger version of the
headmaster? What about during the glimpses Harry got into the pensieve? I
don't recall if Harry saw him then.

Denise