Oops! Dumbledore did it again!

[Tyler Hewitt]

No: HPFGUIDX 50917


Sheryl wrote:
 
Just looking back through the books it becomes clear
to me how many times Dumbledore didn't know what was
going on and didn't have the ability to protect Harry.
Just a few examples spring to mind right now:

PS/SS - 
--Dumbledore hires a teacher with Voldemort on the
back of his head! Voldemort had been in his school the
entire year and Dumbledore didn't have the slightest
clue...


Me:
What about the possibility that Dumbledore DID know,
that the events in PS/SS, CoS, and maybe the other
books, if not set up by Dumbledore, were at least
allowed to occur? Why? How about as training sessions
for Harry, whom Dumbledore knows will have to face
much worse later?
This may sound kind of far fetched, but throughout my
reading of SS, and to a lesser extent CoS, I had the
distinct feeling that Dumbledore knew a great deal of
what was going on. 
I don't have the books in front of me (I'm wasting
time at work!) but one example I can think of is the
Mirror of Erised in PS/SS. Isn't it possible that it
was placed where Dumbledore knew Harry would find it,
and learn how it works, before he HAD to use it to get
the stone? If so, doesn't that point to Dumbledore
training Harry? 

Tyler

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