DD's Knowledge and some Hogwarts teachers (was Re: Nice vs. Good, honesty,)

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> Magpie:
<SNIP>
> I think Dumbledore is unintentionally misleading back in PS/SS and 
that when 
> he uses Malfoy as an example to explain how Snape and James felt 
about each 
> other he's not intending to cast Snape or James in the role of 
victim or 
> bully.  I don't think he thinks Harry is bullying Draco or that 
he's got any 
> reason to intervene himself in that fight.  <SNIP>

Alla:

Yes, completely agree with this.

Magpie:
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> As a strategy, this may very well prove to be a gamble that pays 
off, but I 
> think it is a strategy of war, not a Headmaster protecting his 
students.

Alla:

Oh, yes, that is what I think too and this is again Dumbledore 
wearing too many hats IMO.

I am thinking about how MUCH DD hurts his students IMO by fulfilling 
the role of the war leader and Headmaster at the same time.

I mean, I obviously do think that very strong argument can be made 
that Snape hates teaching, would rather be anywhere else and DD only 
keeps him in school to protect him or to have his services as a spy, 
basically that the reason Dumbledore has Snape in Hogwarts is war 
related , NOT education related.

BUT I really don't want to argue about whether Snape is a good 
teacher or not in this post, because even if we forget about him and 
assume that he is a perfect teacher, there are IMO too many teachers 
in Hogwarts, who are here because Dumbledore is a leader of the 
Order of Phoenix and NOT because they have to be there because they 
good at what they do.

I mean, I love Hagrid dearly, I really do and as I argued earlier 
IMO he had some potential to become a not bad teacher, but Draco's 
incident helped squashed it badly. IMO Dumbledore mainly kept him in 
Hogwarts because he needed Hagrid as a soldier and does it really 
matter that students do not have good CoMc teacher?

Then we of course have Sybill Trelawney. I actually go back and 
forth as to whether she makes some other genuine predictions or not, 
but her teaching? DD wanted to protect her, he hired her and I am 
sure  I also mentioned it in the past, but it bears repeating, do we 
really doubt that if Dumbledore did not hear the Prophecy, he would 
have hired her?


Basucally IMO an argument can be made that Hogwarts students 
education suffers because DD has to be concerned with war strategies 
too.

JMO,

Alla