Karkaroffa educator (Was: Snape, A Murderer? )

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 95390

Potioncat wrote:
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> It really is hard to understand how Karkaroff became a headmaster 
> with his background. Is it possible that if you get off for giving 
> information, your record is cleared?
> 
> It seems reasonable that Snape and Karkaroff either attended
Hogwarts together (Although I get the feeling that Karkaroff is a good
bit older) or they worked together as DE's.  He's the only adult Snape 
> calls by first names.

Carol responds:

I think you're right that Karkaroff is a good deal older than Snape,
which may mean that his use of Karkaroff's first name is a sign of
contempt rather than closeness, though it's impossible to tell based
on such limited evidence. I also find it odd that Karkaroff, with his
Russian name, speaks such good English, which suggests, but doesn't
prove that he attended Hogwarts at some point, possibly even at the
same time as Tom Riddle, which would put him in his sixties in GoF in
contrast with Snape's mid-thirties. He would certainly have been in
Slytherin, but not with Snape.

Carol, who meant to say more about Karkaroff and Durmstrang, which
seems to have different standards than Hogwarts, but realized that
she's late for an appointment!