Back to the cursed DADA-job - Quirrel

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 166499

---  "Inge" <Elvishooked at ...> wrote:
>
> Wondering just how cursed this job really is, or if JK
> made a mistake with the teacher-last-only-one-year vs
> Quirrell.
> 
> It seems to me, Quirrell would have taught DADA for 
> more than just 1 year - but maybe I've read the actual
> curse wrong.
> 
> ...

bboyminn:

Just addressing this one aspect. First and foremost,
who says Quirrel was teaching DADA when he was teaching
earlier. He could have been teaching any subject, then
decided to get experience so he could take on the 
prestigious DADA job.

Also, having the DADA job and being subjected to it's 
curse doesn't mean instant death. So far, only Quirrel
has died. So, Quirrel could have had the DADA job and
mucked it up royally, then decided the reason why was
because he lacked experience. So, he took a year off,
got experience, and came back full of the belief he
now had things under control.

Quirrel teaching DADA, taking a year off, then coming
back to teach it again is not in anyway inconsistent.

Note, there is nothing to stop Lupin or Moody from 
coming back and teaching the class. I'm very sure
they don't want to, but there is really nothing 
stopping them. 

So, saying that no teacher has lasted more than a year,
could mean that no teacher has lasted more than one
consecutive year. Teacher may have come to the position,
failed, then come back a few years later to give it 
another go. That could very well be what Quirrel did.
Though equally he could have previously taught a 
different subject. Either one works for me.

Steve/bboyminn