Why does Snape wants DADA job if it cursed? LONG

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No: HPFGUIDX 148835

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Ceridwen" <ceridwennight at ...> 
wrote:
<snip> 
> Ceridwen:
> As you can see, I'm cherry-picking.  I like this one because it 
seems 
> almost right to me.  It's too bad that JKR saw fit not to show 
much 
> of the DADA class this year!  From what we did see, IMO, there was 
a 
> very subtle difference between the first DADA intro and the first 
> Potions intro.  Snape is somewhat sarcastic in DADA, but not to 
the 
> point of calling nearly every student he has ever taught 
> a 'dunderhead' (if memory serves).  The students crane their necks 
to 
> keep him in view as he circuits the classroom.  Parvati asks a 
> question and he answers without sarcasm.  He calls on Hermione to 
> answer a question, he doesn't ignore her hand.  He makes a comment 
> about her definition being straight out of a book (and names the 
> book, which is not their text).
> 	
> There is little else for classtime with Snape this book.  Harry 
> doesn't seem to spend a lot of time musing about Snape, in or out 
of 
> class.  So there must be some difference.  Someone mentioned the 
fact 
> that Snape isn't as OTT this year, at least not from Harry's point 
of 
> view.  Snape 'says' instead of 'sneers', for instance, when Harry 
> makes that 'sir' crack. As opposed to Potions, where he seemed 
tense. 
> Maybe he really does want to teach DADA.
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I always wondered if it doesn't simply come down to a combination of 
two things...Snape doesn't want to be a professor and Snape would 
rather just teach the Defense against the Dark Arts. Do we have any 
real idea that Snape seriously considered teaching as a career while 
he was in Hogwarts or soon after it? Wasn't he ordered to take the 
post by Voldemort and then stayed on for Dumbledore's protection and 
to maintain the image for Voldemort? So it seems like Snape never 
really had a choice as to becoming a teacher (which could explain 
the good teacher/bad teacher debate...we're dealing with a teacher 
who doesn't want to be a teacher). Secondly perhaps Snape just 
prefers the idea of teaching DADA over Potions...it could be 
personal choice, it could be because he likes DADA more, it could be 
because he feels he has more experience in one then the other (name 
one potions related thing Snape has done outside of Hogwarts...I 
can't seem to think of any), etc. So maybe Snape feels that if he 
has to be a teacher he'd rather be teaching DADA then Potions.  

Quick_Silver