Foreign DADA Teacher-- Why it won't happen

[Mina-Clare Moseley]

No: HPFGUIDX 82152

aussie:

>  JOB REQUIREMENTS:
>  a) From an area where magic is ancient and established - (so if USA
>  or Australia, maybe native populations).
>  b) Experienced with dangerous magical areas (if not fighting Dark
>  wizards, then dnagerous creatures) - (Dragon colonies are in Peru
>  and New Zealand)
>  c) a traditional Brit ally would fit in nicely (does it seem I am
>  bias to Australia and New Zealand? .. lol)
>
>  ...edited...
>
>  SUGGESTION:
>  ... that sounds like a  laid back, back packing, quidditch playing,
>  aussie, or Kiwi. ~aussie~

bboy_mn:

>  In general, if it was someone from North or South America, it would
>  have to be, in my opinion, someone from an aboriginal tribe. Although,
>  I have think of one dark acception; a VooDoo
>  priest/priestess/witchdoctor from New Orleans, they would certainly
>  know a lot about dark magic. However, I think JKR said we wouldn't see
>  any American wizard or witches.
>
>  My next best areas are Africa, certainly dark magic there, Middle
>  East, plenty of ancient magic, or Asian, certainly a mystical and
>  magical region.

>Florentine:
>
>I would like to suggest the possibility of a Chinese DADA
>sorcerer/sorceress. He/she would be skilled in martial arts and
>driving out demons. He/she could also give the students some
>instructions on Buddhist philosphy. That could compensate for the
>current lack of psychological and ethic counselling at Hogwarts, IMHO.

Mina-Clare:

While the idea of a foreign DADA teacher is intriguing, I've always 
felt that the magic we are shown in Harry Potter is not a world 
spread.

What I mean by this, is just as Muggle cultures develop very 
different from one another, wizards from other continents would have 
different magic.

While most of Europe has probably adapted to this type of Magic 
(which I have dubbed "Merlin" magic, due to many mentions of him in 
the text), I can't believe the entire world has.

Yes, Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand would have 
strong influences, but they have their own native influences (Native 
American tribes, Aborigianals). If Canadian wizard society is as much 
as a "mosaic" as Muggle society, then they magic they use in every 
day life could be *vastly* different than British Wizard.

My main argument against Foreign wizards comes from places like Asia 
and Africa. There is no way they cast spells in Latin, in the same 
style as Harry and his friends. I have no doubt in my mind that Asia 
uses an old Chinese dialect as opposed to Latin. This pretty much 
discounts any of Floretine's notion of a Chinese DADA Professor 
(sorry, I love the idea, I just can't see it)

This would explain why the Tri-Wizard Tournament uses the same three 
schools each time its been held. These are the three Wizarding School 
in the region that are pretty much evenly matched, because they draw 
from the same "well". All of their spells are the same, yielding 
(basically) the same results. The only
variant in the equation is the skill and power of the caster.

So why will we never see a foreign teacher? Because their way of 
spell casting will be completely different from the students of 
Hogwarts, neither will be able to catch up.

This is also the reason that "foreign exchange students" are an impossibility.

~Mina-Clare