Umbridge's Great Success as a DADA Teacher

[mg_mchenry]

No: HPFGUIDX 77490

> (DADA scores were up 30% over last year at Hogwarts or something 
like
> that....) so where they may have been stronger in theory of DADA
> having to read the text for Umbridge, it may not translate to higher
> scores. Not to mention, were they retaining what they were 
*supposed*
> to be reading for her, or were they simply staring at the page for 
an
> hour or so?
> 
> Mtwelovett

If Umbridge's instruction improved OWL scores, either:
a) The DADA OWL test needs to be changed
or b) Umbridge's text book should rightfully be used again

But my interpretation is that Umbridge's textbook did not include 
DADA theory; DADA was considered "by the Ministry" too dangerous in 
the hands of underage wizards.  (I wonder whether this was Umbridge's 
view, or it extended to Fudge's regime, or if the Ministry as a whole 
is rotten)  Umbridge's students instead learned to avoid conflict, 
which I doubt helped the students with their OWLs.

I don't know how many 5th years there are at Hogwarts, but if DA 
can't make up even half of that amount.  I'm sure the non-DA students 
did worse on their OWLs, and therefore the scores did not go up.


I wonder if the MoM really fits the WW and how the coming battle will 
change that.  It seems to have no sense of justice at its core.  Then 
again, perhaps no change is needed.  The power of the WW seems to 
rest in the non-sensical, the unlikely, and the unstable.  Perhaps 
the wizards prefer to live in anarchy.  But some organization is 
needed to keep muggles out of their affairs, and the WW tolerates 
such an organization so long as it remains unstable and easily 
thwarted by the likes of Dumbledore, LV, and teenage newcomers to the 
WW.

Dubledore seems to be the embodiment of good in the WW, yet he cares 
less about his position within the WW's governing bodies than he does 
about chocolate frog cards.  Perhaps he declined the post of Minister 
because the MoM really isn't all that important.

"mg_mchenry"