Werewovles as teachers (was Re: Flitwick for HBP)

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 108398

 DuffyPoo now:
> snip
>  The name 'Professor R.J. Lupin' was stamped across one corner *in 
> peeling letters*.  He was obviously a Professor somewhere else 
> before coming to Hogwarts, at least at some point since he 
graduated 
> in 1978, or the letters wouldn't be peeling off his case.  
> > 

> Potioncat:
> Yes, that could be.  Or the case could belong to someone in his 
> family who taught.  Perhaps the person McGonagall replaced mid-
year. 
> (Rowena Jane? for example?)

Jen: Lol, that's some good Sherlock Holmes detective work there 
Potioncat--never thought about McGonagall coming on mid-year and 
what that might mean.

I think Lupin was a teacher before Hogwarts, in a relatively obscure 
wizard school, where he learned a tremendous amount about DADA and 
dark creatures. Some place below the radar, where being a werewolf 
wouldn't garner so much attention (the school equivalent of the 
Hog's Head in other words!).

Sirius did say in OOTP that Umbridge's anti-werewolf legislation 
made it 'almost impossible for him {Lupin} to get a job" (US, chap. 
14, p. 302) indicating he was able to get work a *little* more 
easily before the legislation, if still not as easily as other 
people.

Entropy suggested Lupin might be from Eastern Europe, perhaps even 
royalty, and that's where the HBP comes in. So maybe the school he 
taught in was back home.

Who knows? Just having fun!

Jen Reese