Why *didn't* Dumbledore fill DADA post? (Re: Potion Master...)

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 83572

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jen Reese" <stevejjen at e...> wrote:

> Jen: 
> 
> If Snape could teach DADA, whether he wants to or not, why didn't DD 
> move him over for the year and look for a temporary Potions teacher 
> so that Umbridge wasn't appointed? Maybe I'm assuming too much to 
> say another Potions Master is readily available. 
> 
> Unless Dumbledore wanted a Ministry offical at Hogwarts. 
> 
> ...edited...
> 
> Or it could just be what we're told, that Dumbledore couldn't find 
> anyone ;). But that's not as much fun to speculate about!
>
> Jen

bboy_mn:

Perhaps I could paraphrase Dumbledore's reluctance to make Snape DADA
teacher by saying that it's not wize to put a crack-head in charge of
the pharmancy.

Dark Arts are a little to near and dear to Snape's heart to trust that
he could teach a subject that serious and that dangerous to students
without being tempted to gravitate toward darker and darker, and
therefore, more dangerous magic as time went on. 

The other possibility, although not as much fun, is that perhaps
potion makers are reasonably easy to find but truly talented Potions
Masters are a rare commodity. Therefore, Dumbledore wants to keep
Snape in the position where his talents are the most valuable.

Having said all that, I'm very much of the belief that in the next
book Snape will indeed be the new DADA teacher. This opens some
interesting possibilities where Snape is the faculy advisor for the
continuation of the D.A. Club, as well as some very interesting DADA
class. In addition, it lowers the requirement to get into Advanced
Potion, thereby allowing Harry to enter the class and pursue his deam
of being an Auror.

Just a few thoughts.

bboy_mn