timetable problem

[Jerri/Dan Chase]

No: HPFGUIDX 183104

> Also, the story is based over just under a year so it wouldn't
> all happen in the one week - I think JK would've use her (as
> Prof Umbridges) spare periods to observe other profs. So for
> instance, she might of had two spare periods a week where
> she could've observed other prof.'s. It also doesn't state
> that she was there for the entire lesson - she observed,
> asked questions then left - no indication that she was there
> for the whole lesson.
> Peta

Here are some passages from OoP that seem to me to indicate that she 
was in Care of Magical Creatures and Divination for entire class 
periods.  It comes from the "Beetle at Bay" chapter (page 487, UK 
edition):

"Every single Divination and Care of Magical Creatures lesson was now 
conducted in the presence of Umbridge and her clipboard.  She lurked 
by the fire in the heavily perfumed tower room, interrupting Professor 
Trelawney's increasingly hysterical talks with difficult questions 
about ornithomancy and heptomoloty, insisting that she predict 
students' answers before they gave them and . . . [SKIP to a sample 
CMC lesson]

. . . He was oddly distracted and jumpy during lessons, losing the 
thread of what he was saying to the class, answering questions 
wrongly, an all the time glancing anxiously at Umbridge."

Now, it says "every single Divination and Care of Magical Creatures 
lesson".  Does that mean every one that Harry attended?  Or every 
class?  We don't know.  We only "see" the classes when Harry is a 
student in them, because the books are from Harry's POV.  However, I 
tend to believe that "every single . . . lesson" means every one, for 
all the various students, year groups, etc.

We know that she inspected several classes when Harry was present, but 
as I recall she did Flitwick when the twins were in class, and Harry 
and readers learned about it from her.  I can't see her just 
inspecting classes when Harry happened to be in the class.

There are other places in the book that caused me to feel that she had 
more on her schedule that would fit.  But this was the straw that got 
me.

Jerri