Why DD might not want Snape for DADA job

[elizabeth1603 at yahoo.com]

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 bboy_mn:

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> > It's not so much that the job is really curse as it is that 
Harry's
> > presencs at the school is creating trying and difficult times. 
Harry's
> > re-entering the wizard world, also coinsides with Voldemort 
becoming
> > more active which in turn leads to Voldemort's eventual rebirth.
> <snip>
> 
> Carol:
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doesn't Percy tell Harry about the jinx *rumor* in SS/PS?
> If so, the rumor precedes Harry's entrance to Hogwarts. It appears
> that Quirrell was teaching DADA before he went on leave for a year
> (and came back as the servant of Voldemort), but what happened to 
the
> person who taught DADA while Quirrell was away? Maybe that person
> suffered some horrible fate, which started the rumor. If that 
teacher
> were still alive and healthy, surely Dumbledore would have hired him
> or her instead of Lockhart to replace Quirrell.

Elli:
You make some good points, Carol. Add to that the fact that Quirrell 
was quite loopy when he returned, and you have a full-blown jinx 
rumor. Notice, however, that the reason Quirrell appeared nuts is the 
encounter with Voldemort, which, we suppose, happened because Harry 
was coming of age. Perhapps bboy_mn has a point.