Snape teaching DADA

[Tonks]

No: HPFGUIDX 149398

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sbarthell2001" 
<sbarthell2001 at ...> wrote:
>
 He knew that 
> Dumbledore was hesitant to give Snape the job in the past so why 
> is he suddenly throwing caution to the wind? Slughorn could have 
> easily taken over DADA. 
> 

Tonks:

Oh no, no, no. Not Slughorn as DADA. First I don't think he is the 
man for the job. Second, DD is trying to keep him safe and the DADA 
job is no place to do that with the curse on it. 

Snape is the most skilled in the dark arts and know the most about 
DADA, other than DD himself. Perhaps DD felt that the students 
needed to learn some serious DADA lessons. Also he didn't want the 
Ministry interfering again when he couldn't find anyone after that 
awful woman that I won't even honor by using her name. 

I think that all the above things considered, Snape was the logial 
choice.  The time had come to use whatever chess piece Snape 
represents before the King is checked.

Tonks_op