Childhood values v Adulthood values in Potterverse/Lockhart's incompetence

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> Hickengruendler:
> 
> But I really think they were just sarcastic here. They obviously 
knew 
> that Lockhart did not know, where the Chamber was, and just wanted 
to 
> get rid of him. Asking Lockhart were the Chamber was would not 
helped 
> them at all, since Lockhart didn't know. <SNIP>They were just 
sarcastic, 
> because they already had enough problems and wanted at least have 
their 
> peace from Lockhart.
> 


Alla:

Well, I do agree with you -  they were sarcastic and definitely 
wanted to get rid of Lockhart as I said in my previous post. BUT I 
submit that we cannot  be sure what teachers knew about Lockhart and 
what they did not. Now, sure they saw his striking incompetence in 
some areas, but he admits at th end to memory charming many people 
and passing on their achievements as his own, so I think it is 
reasonable to speculate that teachers may think that something of 
what he wrote in his books was true, no?

After all Dumbledore gave him  the job, right and we all know how 
much all other adults trust Albus? Not necessarily that everybody 
knew that he was the only candidate for the job, IMO.

My point is I don't think  they knew with certainty that Lockhart 
has no clue where Entrance to the Chamber was. JMO of course.

Regardless, though my main point was that nobody else was doing 
anything and that brings me back to my main point.

The story which JKR writes needs children to be the saviours of the 
day often enough, NOT adults. And if adults engaged in search of 
Chambers, it would have been quite a boring story.
Granted often JKR justifies Harry and Co saving the day when nobody 
else can quite plausibly,  and CoS was one of those situations, but 
it does not change the fact to my mind, that we do have a bunch of 
quite incompetent adults in Hogwarts. :-)

IMO only,

Alla