DADA Position - Quirrell and 1-year Curse

[jakedjensen]

No: HPFGUIDX 133328

Good point.

I always thought that Q had been in the position for at least a year 
prior. Even if Q has taught somewhere else before, how would Hagrid 
know that his is scared of his students? In addition, no one talks 
about how Q is a new instructor in book one. Usually, the new 
instructor is picked apart by the students at the beginning of each 
year.


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Heather" <hekele at m...> wrote:
> I just pulled out SS to start my re-read of the series after my 
first read through HBP, and 
> pounced on the meeting with Quirrell. I had been under the 
impression that Quirrell had held 
> the position for some time, and I ran across the passage that had 
created this impression. 
> 
> "He was fine while he was studying out of books but then he took a 
year off ter get some 
> first-hand experience.... They say he met vampires in the Black 
Forest, and there was a nasty 
> bit o' trouble with a hag -- never been the same since. Scared of 
the students, scared of his 
> own subject..." (pp. 70-71 US paperback)
> 
> How could he /now/ be scared of his subject whereas he wasn't 
before, if he hasn't taught 
> DADA before? If he's taught DADA before, then Dumbledore can't be 
right in saying that he 
> hasn't been able to keep someone in this position for more than a 
year. Any thoughts?
> 
> Heather