Theory: Dumbledore to Teach Defence Against the Dark Arts?

[M.Clifford]

No: HPFGUIDX 104692

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "haraheart" <plungy116 at a...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "peter838169" 
> <pete_larkin at b...> wrote:
> 
> > I would like to make a speculation of my own and ask what people 
> > think about Dumbledore taking the position of Defence Against 
the 
> > Dark Arts teacher or possibly teaching a selected group of 
> students. 
> 
> I have thought about this too, and most head teachers do seem to 
have 
> a specialist subject and DADA would seem to be fitting for 
> Dumbledore.  Is it known if he does actually teach any subjects?
> Sarah x

Valky:
I have believed for quite sometime that DD will take the DADA 
position in book six. For two reasons,

1 Through the previous books the students of Hogwarts have been 
taught a strange curriculum for the Defense against the Dark Arts 
subject. From Quirrel whose teaching was I expect fairly standard to 
Lockhart who could have taught barely a thing, followed by Lupin who 
taught the students brilliantly, then Fake Moody who taught it seems 
with an intention to prepare the students that might for them to be 
of future service to the reign of Voldemort, Umbridge who manically 
supressed the will of the students and of course last but not least 
Harry who in defiance of Umbridge unleashed the will of the students 
in his keep.
 
To me this concocts a very very dangerous mix of lessons, taking the 
students in a particular order from understanding to complacency 
then to competence to treachery and on to the battle within 
themselves of their own will. 

It is this battle the students now face of their own will that leads 
me to believe that the only important thing to teach now in the 
arena of Dark Arts for the students is the value of choice.

Much to the bitter disappointment of Severus Snape I believe that 
Dumbledore will once again superintend him and take the DADA job for 
himself. Put simply there is no-one worse to instruct the children a 
manner in which to think through their choices than Snape. 
Snape will get the DADA job in book 7, I also believe BTW.

2. Fawkes will feature. I have a strong inkling that The Order Of 
The Phoenix has more meaning to it than is first apparent.
The phrase has much ambiguity and I believe that apart from meaning 
Order in the sense of an organisation there is further meaning to 
the word in the sense of sequence, much highlighted in the books by 
JKR's *deliberate* errors.
The Order of the Phoenix in terms of sequence is like the Snake 
swallowing its Tail, but in a sense also the opposite. The end is 
the beginning. Its a little confusing a concept but suffice to say 
that they are the same in that they symbolise immortality but are 
opposite in the nature of their symbolism. Harry and Voldemort are 
in many ways represented by the Snake and the Phoenix, and much 
speculations here lately hinges on this analogy. I concur that Harry 
is the Phoenix and Voldemort is the snake and I am sure Dumbledore 
will bring Fawkes to a DADA lesson in order to instruct the students 
in the *Order* of the Phoenix.