More Dumbledore mysteries...

[brassgryphon]

No: HPFGUIDX 58319

Okay, firstly, a prediction. Dumbledore, who probably has some 
Divinatory capabilities, spouts the Pity Doctrine about a guy who 
proceeds to stage a successful Cirith Ungol times 2. (I know JKR 
didn't read that stuff till after PoA, but the metaphor holds.) So 
expect Pettigrew to have something on the scale of Book VI, Chapter 
3, and probably more sympathetic.

Next: Why is Snape a teacher? I mean, just because he's trusted does 
not mean that he's a good teacher. It could be a smoke-screen, but 
Voldemort seems to see right through that one. Not only that, but it 
could be an elective. But no, it's a core class, everyone must 
suffer, and it's not even the one Snape wants. Well, maybe Dumbledore 
doesn't trust him <i>that</i> much, especially seeing how Lockhart 
was the "on'y man for the job, and I mean the on'y one" though Snape 
no doubt volunteered. But his being a teacher in the first place is a 
bit of a puzzle. Ideas?

Brass Gryphon