[HPforGrownups] Re: Back to the cursed DADA-job

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 166491

From: finwitch <finwitch at yahoo.com>
>Never mind about the twins - we have *Dumbledore* telling Harry that 
>not one DADA teacher hold the position over a year since he refused 
>the post to Tom Riddle/Voldemort. Hagrid points out that Quirrell had 
>been teaching out of books earlier, but maybe that was BEFORE the jinx 
>took place or something? Although -- it is a bit curious, Quirrell 
>having Voldemort at the back of his head the entire year...

Bart:
I have this feeling that the curse on the position is something that JKR came up with after GOF (when Harry is told that Snape has been after the job for only 4 years). It was probably a mistake on JKR's part, because the math makes this quite problematic. 

A) Tommy could not have gone to Dumbeldore BEFORE the attack on the Potters. Therefore, even with a lot of stretches, we know that the absolute mininum number of DADA teachers that Hogwarts has gone through has been (before Quirrel) 10. 

B) Lord Voldemort has been openly active AT LEAST since Lupin was a child (from Lupin's explanation of how he became a werewolf). If Tommy applied for the job BEFORE he started becoming active, that means that the position has been cursed for 25 years, or more. 

So, based on the account, Hogwarts has gone through at least 10, and probably at least 20 DADA teachers, and NOBODY HAS NOTICED THIS TO BE ODD, where when it is mentioned, only the last few teachers are brought up? I am trying to figure out, if Hagrid didn't mean that Quirrel had taught DADA before he went on sabbatical (in PS/SS), then what COULD he have meant (given that he phrased it as he did)? 

Bart