OOP: DADA (with spoilers)

[susanbones2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 65052

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sonjaaiston" 
<sonjaaiston at y...> wrote:
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> Before, the typical end-of-year vacancy of the DADA postition was 
> comical.  I expected there to be a vacancy at the end of this year 
> also.  I was not at all concerned before, but now I am. The 
> beginning of DA made me realize that nearly a whole generation of 
> students is not being prepared properly in DADA.  How long has it 
> been since the school has had a regular DADA professor?  I would 
> think (especially with the ensuing 2nd war) that Dumbledore would 
> find an adequate professor (even if he had to do it himself!).  
> Since Snape wants the postition, why not give it to him.  Whatever 
> problems that might pose, they can't possibly be as bad as sending 
> out class after class of graduates that can't defend themselves 
> against Voldemort and his followers.
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>> sonja

The most obvious difficulty I see is that Snape is presumably spying 
for the Order. If that is the case, becoming a DADA teacher could put 
him in a very compromising position. What exactly would he teach and 
still appear sympathetic to Slytherins/DE's? He's supposed to be 
interested in the DA themselves. Dumbledore will have to leave him 
where he is. 
JenD