Umbridge's Army

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 86370

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ghinghapuss" <rredordead at a...>
wrote:
> <Veritas771 at h...> wrote:
> <Snip> but do we know what went on during the Slytherin's 
> > Defence Against the Dark Arts classes in the fifth book? If she 
> (Umbridge) was secretly working for Voldemort(which I believe she 
> was), isn't possilbe that she taught the Slytherin's the dark arts in 
> her classes? Perhaps she was building up her own army whilst Harry 
> and others built up Dumbledore's army. Any ideas on this?
> 
> 
> Now me:
> I was under the impression the Griffindors and Slytherins took 
> Defense Against the Dark Arts together.  
> 
> I could be influenced by movie contamination but I'm pretty sure they 
> are in class together with Lockheart in CoS and when Crouch/Moody is 
> demonstrating the 3 unforgivable curses in GoF.
> 
> Mandy

The only classes that Gryffindor and the Slytherins have together are
Potions and Care of Magical Creatures. (They have Herbology with the
Hufflepuffs.) The best bit of evidence that they don't have DADA with
the Slytherins is the class where Neville's boggart is Snape. Can you
imagine Slytherins' reaction if they had been there? But if you count
the number of boggarts, it's eight, not counting Lupin's. Harry and
Hermione don't get to confront their boggarts but everyone else
apparently does. That adds up to ten students: the five Gryffindor
boys, Hermione, Lavender, Parvati, and two unnamed students that I
assume are girls.

Carol