Job descriptions was Re: Harsh Morality - Combined answers

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No: HPFGUIDX 121250


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.

Alla:

We haven't seen any other Dark wizards threatening any other 
students, except Ginny, of course and I submit that was a special 
plot based exception - she was supposed to be saved by Harry.

I am not only talking about Dark Wizards - I am talking about any 
life-threatening circumstance and contrary to Lockhart beliefs, I 
think teachers are supposed to do that.

Come to think of it, Dumbledore does not make a big fuss out of 
saving Harry's life or at least saving him from injury when he was 
falling after Dementor's attack?

Minerva gets hit with several curses, when she interferes on behalf 
of Hagrid (granted, he is not exactly a student, but I just cannot 
think of him as a  teacher :o)), Lupin stops Harry from following 
Sirius... 

Something tells me that Hogwarts teachers are not supposed to watch 
when student is being hurt.



Pippin:

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

Alla:

When did Dumbledore say about " not to DD". First part - yes, of 
course, as I said earlier life debt thingy is there, but I don't 
think it is mutually exclusive.

In fact, it kinda goes together, I think.

Just my opinion,

Alla