DADA

[watsola79]

No: HPFGUIDX 68548

> >- Lana Lovegood wrote:

> >So, you'd rather see, say, Lockhart teaching the students these
> >important skills?  ;-)
> >
> >My point in the above message was that he already IS trusted by
> >Dumbledore.  He WANTS to teach DADA....couldn't it be that it's the
> >frustration of not being able to that he's taking out on the 
Potions
> >students?  I say, give him the post on a trial basis and let's see
> >how he does with it.  After all, it seems pretty tough - even for
> >Dumbledore - to get and keep a competent teacher anyway. 
> >
> 
> Bob Rosenberg replied:

> I agree that Lockhart turned out (in retrospect) to be a bad choice 
> (IOW: He was incompetent) but the question is "Did Dumbledore know 
he 
> was a fraud?" BEFORE offering him the position?
> 
> Note that out of the first 4, only Lockhart turned out to be a bad 
> choice from a teaching viewpoint. The other 3 were competent 
teachers 
> but left for reasons other than their teaching ability (one due to 
> being possessed by LV, one due to bigotry, and one due to being a 
DE 
> in disguise [A major reason why Evil Eye did not take on the job in 
> Book 5 is that he was more urgently needed as a Full Time Order 
> Member]).
> 
> IOW: The retention issue is separate from their competently - All 
> were just unavailable for a 2nd year.
> 
> 
Now LL again:

Actually, (although it's been awhile since I've read PS/SS) I don't 
believe we ever saw whether Quirrell was competent or not in the 
classroom, but he certainly seemed too timid to defend anything 
against the Dark Arts (himself included)...and then there's 
Umbridge!  

I agree Lupin was an excellent teacher, as was fake!Moody, however, 
neither was able to stay.  
 
I just don't see a truly strong argument for keeping Snape away from 
teaching DADA - IF Dumbledore really trusts him, and that is canon. 
And, speaking of Dumbledore, I can't believe that he didn't see 
through Lockhart immediately....after all, he was right on target 
about Sybill Trelawney, wasn't he?  And Lockhart was an even bigger 
phony! 

And to all those who say that Snape is too intimidating to teach such 
an *important* subject, it's not like the conditions are going to be 
calm when the students are going to need their DADA skills...they're 
likely to be under plenty of stress....just like in Snape's 
classroom....

- Lana Lovegood

ps:  Retention is retention - doesn't really matter if the 
termination was voluntary or not; the fact remains Dumbledore can't 
keep a DADA teacher more than 1 year.