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[KathyK]

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Carol wrote:

> Debbie, I know that the Lexicon states that she began teaching in
> December 1956, but do we have that in the books themselves? I 
thought
> she told Umbridge in OoP that she had been teaching for thirty(?)
> years, but I don't think that means thirty(?) years *exactly*, any
> more than Snape's fourteen years means that he's been teaching
> fourteen years to the day. I don't see any reason to think that 
either
> of them began teaching at any time other than the normal beginning 
of
> the term (September 1).

KathyK, with her book in hand responds:

McGonagall marks December as the month she began.  Have a look.

>From OoP Chapter 15, "The Hogwarts High Inquisitor" (US ed. p. 321):

//"How long have you been teaching at Hogwarts?" Professor Umbridge 
asked. 

"Thirty-nine years this December," said Professor McGonagall 
brusquely, snapping her bag shut.//

KathyK