OOP: Snape and Dumbledore

[lee_lhs]

No: HPFGUIDX 63599

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "flutterbyhex" 
<flutterbyhex at y...> wrote:
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> Why has Snape been consistantly denied the DADA position by 
> Dumbledore? When Umbridge was assessing Snape she said he applied 
for 
> the position every year since he started teaching at Hogwarts (16 
> years?). 
> 
> If Dumbledore trusts Snape so much why is this a big issue? Esp. 
> since DD has such a hard time finding a new DADA teacher each year. 
> Looks like it isn't only Harry that Dumbledore keeps secrets from.

That's 14 years he's been teaching...
Apart from the apparent dangers of the job (maybe DD just didn't want 
to risk Snape's life?), it could be a way to show to the outside that 
Snape & DD aren't sharing a trustful relationship. I mean, someone 
like Umbridge got suspicious, everyone else is talking about it.

Plus, I think that the reason why DD trusts Snape, what Snape did to 
gain the implicit trust despite all the DE things he did - that this 
reason is maybe a key to the DADA position question.

Lee