Umbridge's Great Success as a DADA Teacher

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No: HPFGUIDX 77188

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "vivamus42" <YahooGroups at T...> 
wrote:
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> 
> Umbridge was described in the Daily Prophet as "totally 
> revolutionizing the Defense Against the Dark Arts," when whe was
> doing 
> her level best to suppress it altogether.   At the end of the book, 
> she ran off, apparently in control of her faculties, and probably 
not 
> totally disgraced.   
><snip> 
> What I'm wondering is, even though she did nothing in class but 
tell 
> them to read a textbook which was obviously on NOT doing DADA, the 
> Prophet said that she was revolutionizing the subject, and the 
> students in her class probably did better on their OWLs than 
students 
> have in many years.  All as a result of Harry and the DA, of 
course, 
> but that won't be public knowledge.
> 
> So, I'm wondering if Umbridge will be lifted up as some kind of 
hero, 
> teaching the Hogwarts students so bravely and so successfully when 
> Voldemoort was secretly building his forces, etc., etc., (throw up 
> when you need to), and working behind the scenes for the Ministry 
to 
> finally run V to ground.   Makes it look to the general wizarding 
> public like Fudge was more successful than he really was, doesn't 
it?
> 
> I wonder if we'll see some kind of redemption of Umbridge in the 
> Prophet, based on her obvious gifts as a DADA teacher.
> 
> Here's another thought:  U seems to be very loyal to the MoM, but 
she 
> is also a loathsome toad of a petty beaurocrat, who exists to play 
> climbing power games.    IF she gets redeemed, what if she uses 
that 
> newfound popularity to unseat Fudge and take his place?
> 
> Wouldn't that be a fascinating and horrible turn of events?
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> Vivamus

Laura:

No, no, please no!  

Now that I've taken a deep calming breath...I don't see this 
happening.  Bureaucracies tend to bury their mistakes and then act 
like they never happened.  So I think Umbridge is history.  And now 
that the entire WW knows for sure that VL is back, Fudge is also 
seriously compromised.  If he's smart, Fudge will step down before 
he's thrown out.  And not a moment too soon.