CHAPTER DISCUSSION: Prisoner of Azkaban Chapter 9: Grim Defeat

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Geoff:
> I don't read this the same way as you do. Speaking as a former teacher, it was
> normal practice to have a "cover rota" by which absences by staff could be 
> handled by colleagues. The usefulness of this was that we knew that if a staff
> member needed to be covered, for a scheduled absence or for illness, we might
> be called in for certain lessons; outside this rota, if we had non-teaching time, it was
> protected for us to deal with duties other than actual teaching.


Potioncat:
That does change my perception of what was going on. But let me make sure I understand, Snape would probably cover that particular class on the day(s) Lupin was out. Another teacher might cover the morning class and so on? 

I was going on my (US) experience. It would be very unusual for one teacher to cover for another for a day or several days. I suppose it's not unheard of if a sub couldn't be found. Also, we never see any other Hogwarts teacher cover for another. Come to think of it, the only time we've seen a sub is for Hagrid the several times he's been absent. I think DADA classes are generally cancelled when the DADA teacher goes belly up.

I still think Snape's intention was to give the Trio(Hermione) enough information to figure out Lupin's condition. Although it's possible that he was just annoyed with having to accommodate Lupin and was trying to out him to anyone who could catch on