[HPforGrownups] centaurs and Trelawney

[Iggy McSnurd]

No: HPFGUIDX 82185


> rose:

> Ok--second post in the same day.  What is the group's opinion of the
> centaur in Hogwarts?  What does all this mean?  Trelawney cannot
> possibly compete with him as a divination teacher.  Does Dumbledore
> have her stay at Hogwarts because she is the bearer of the prophecy?
> So--I have questions, Radioshack has answers, I know...:)

Honestly, I don't see any reason why he can't have BOTH teaching Divination.
All he really has to do is title the classes a little differently (something
like "Traditional Divination Techniques" for Trelawny, and "Astrological
Studies and Interpretation" for Firenze...) and there shouldn't be too much
of a problem.

As for a centaur at Hogwarts, I don't see this as being any more of a
problem than a Half-Giant teaching there... Or Flitwick (who I STILL think
might actually be a Dwarf...)

I think DD let's Trelawny stay because she is the keeper of the prophecy...
but I think that's far from the main reason.  (For one thing, nobody but DD
and Harry know that she's the prophet in question... not even Trelawny
herself.)  I think he does it because it's the right thing to do, because he
feels she was fired maliciously, and because she's basically a good person
with a lot of potential still.  (The latter being much the same reason he
hired on Hagrid as the Grounds Keeper and, eventually, CoMC teacher.)


Iggy McSnurd
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