Snape's Teaching Career - Dates and Causes (WAS: DD and Harry in Book VI.

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No: HPFGUIDX 124002


Hannah:
> So... Harry is 15 in OotP.  Thus depending on if Snape is rounding 
> up or down, and on if JKR has got her maths right (and we know she 
> sometimes doesn't), he either started at Hogwarts immediately before 
> GH, or the year after (or sooner afterwards if he started mid year).
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Doh! You're right, of course. It's Trelawney who has been teaching 16 
years, my apologies. (I don't have the book to hand, and both me and 
my sister remembered 16...). Sigh, there goes all my reasoning. Any 
clue as to whether this was before or after he was revealed as a DE by 
Karkaroff in the trial? 

Hm. Umbridge says that he originally applied for the DADA job. I 
wonder if it was his initiative then, whether willingly or not, to 
become a teacher? That is, at least partially uncoordinated with DD, 
as if he and DD (or DD without him, for that matter) had worked the 
whole thing out before hand, Snape's position would be all sorted out 
already. 

Northsouth