Umbridge's Great Success as a DADA Teacher

[severusbook4]

No: HPFGUIDX 77189

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jwcpgh" <jwcpgh at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "vivamus42" 
<YahooGroups at T...> 
> wrote:
> <snip>
> > 
> > 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?
> <snip>> 
> > 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.


Umbridge will be lucky if she doesn't end up in Azkaban for setting 
the dementors on Harry and Dudley, in full view of muggles.  I know 
no muggles saw the dementors, but still it happened in the middle of 
a muggle neiborhood.  She had no written order or authorization to 
do so, so she must have broken a few laws.

Severus "She is more evil than I" Snape