Harry as new DADA teacher (was "New Dark Arts Teacher")

[Echa Schneider]

No: HPFGUIDX 70375

On Saturday, July 12, 2003, at 09:35 PM, heart wrote:

> I have to agree with you there that Harry would be a great DADA
> teacher.  But I'm going to take it a step further and say that he
> might be the first (at least that we know of) Student teacher at
> Hogwarts.  No one else wants the postion (except Snape that is) and
> Hary has already proven him self to be able to teach the "misfits" of
> the school how to do amazing things.  It would definatly make for an
> interesting plot twist.  Seeing how Harry would fit in Quidich
> practice, studying, and lesson planning.

I object to Harry teaching DADA for the simple reason that he is not 
fully schooled in the subject and has more to learn. While he might be 
able to provide good lessons for his peers, appointing him to the 
position would do Harry himself a disservice. It seems that DADA is 
more important than ever for him now, and forcing him to teach the 
class would deprive him of the opportunity to advance in the subject.

On Saturday, July 12, 2003, at 10:52 PM, michelle.pagan at colorado.edu 
wrote:

> I really don't understand everyone who supports Harry teaching DADA on 
> his
> own, or as you suggest, as a TA.  Does this happen fairly often in the 
> U.K? I
> can't imagine someone saying to an exceptional student in a U.S. high 
> school
> class -- "hey, you're advanced, why don't you teach the subject?"  
> Instead,
> that student may be given extra advanced work to do at home, or go and 
> take a
> college-level course in the subject.  Just because Harry is advanced 
> does not
> mean he has the wherewithal to teach an entire class on the subject, 
> or even
> be a teaching assistant.  I think that would completely undermine the
> authority of the "true" teacher, kids would think, "Obviously 
> Dumbledore
> doesn't think Snape knows enough to do without harry," etc.

This is not unheard of in the US. When I was a senior in high school, a 
physics 1 teacher went on maternity leave, and the school was unable to 
find a suitable replacement for the last 4 months of the school year. 
So they picked the best students out of the AP Physics 2 class, and we 
simply took over teaching her classes for the rest of the year. Perhaps 
it's not common, but it does happen.


Echa, who would hate to see Harry get saddled with having to teach a 
bunch of snotty brats on top of all his other troubles.