Snape as New DADA Professor

[rzl46]

No: HPFGUIDX 103408

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Miller, Gina (JIS)" 
<ginamiller at j...> wrote:
> I personally don't think this is it. I think that, now Dumbledore's 
> told Harry the prophecy and so Harry (and the rest of us) know 
what's 
> riding on him, Dumbledore could not put Snape in front of the 
> classroom to teach Harry DADA. It's too important for Harry to 
learn 
> as much Defense Against the Dark Arts as possible--more important 
> than learning Potions. I like to think that Dumbledore is going to 
> find a top-notch DADA teacher to help Harry along (like he did when 
> he hired Lupin). Maybe Snape will get it the 7th year--when things 
> are coming to a climax and it might not hurt Harry to have lessons 
in 
> this vital skill from someone who hates him (like his ultimate 
enemy 
> does) . . . but it's too important to the wizarding world for Harry 
> to learn this WELL. And we all saw how well the Occlumency lessons 
> went!
> 
> Deb in NJ
> 
> 
> Gina:
>        Maybe Moody (will the real Professor Moody please stand up?) 
will be
> DADA teacher - he is obviously good at it. Or maybe Lupin will 
return
> breaking the cycle of different DADA teachers.  ???? 
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

I think perhaps we are ignoring what should be some obvious choices.  
Aren't we told in CoS that Flitwick was a dueling champ?  Don't you 
think that Madame Pompfry's comments at the end of OoP about 
McGonagall (my favorite character) implies that she, too, is very 
well skilled in DADA?  I think either of them, or perhaps both, could 
easily become the new DADA teacher.

MaggieB