Quirrell's Tenure (Again)

[erisedstraeh2002]

No: HPFGUIDX 44071

Ali said:

> As I understand the word "Semester", it is directly equivalent to 
> our word "term". There are three terms in an academic year. But no, 
> we don't have  a "Fall term": we have "Autumn Term" <g>! So Harry 
> would have Autumn, Spring and Summer Terms punctuated 
> by "Christmas", "Easter" and "Summer" holidays.

Now me:

Being an American, I wasn't familiar with the three term concept, 
either, but I guessed that term one is the period from the start of 
school to the Christmas holidays; term two is the period from the end 
of the Christmas holidays until the start of the Easter holidays; and 
term three is the period from the end of the Easter holidays to the 
end of school.  Which is consistent with what Ali's telling us.

Since I have another opportunity to add fuel to my "Quirrell only 
lasted one year" theory, I came across another line in GoF that I 
also thinks confirms this: "Snape had lost out on the Defense Against 
the Dark Arts job for four years running" (I don't have my book with 
me, so I may not have quoted this exactly, but this is the gist, 
anyway).

~Phyllis