Job descriptions was Re: Harsh Morality - Combined answers

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 121248


> Alla:
> 
> Pippin, I strongly disagree. Suppose that ANY student was in 
Harry's  place AND Snape figured out what was going on? Are 
you suggesting  that it is not  in teacher's job description to save 
the life of his  students if he can do so and sometimes to try even 
if he cannot?
> 
> So, yes, he saved Harry's life but it is my belief that IT IS in
his job's description just as in any Hogwarts' teacher job 
description.<
> 

Pippin:
You'd think so, but IIRC, we haven't seen any other Hogwarts 
teachers challenging Dark Wizards, not without Dumbledore 
right there to back them up.   

As a matter of fact, Lockhart says it's not in the job 
description.He's a git, but it makes sense, actually. Hogwarts, by 
virtue of Dumbledore's presence and the spells of protection 
around it, is supposed to be safe. Most of the  teachers don't 
quite know what to do when it isn't.  I didn't see any   much effort 
to rescue Ginny from the chamber, did you?  Snape seems to 
have wanted to do something, if he could figure out what, but no 
one else.

And Dumbledore says Snape worked so hard to protect Harry 
because he felt he owed it to Harry's father, not to DD. 

Pippin