Are prodigals allowed?

[songbird3411]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Kimberly" <moongirlk at y...> 
wrote:

>> It actually makes me look back at all the DADA appointments over 
the years 
[snipping list of DADA teachers] 
 Anyway, how many of them do you think knew about the jinx?<< 

Mindy: 

I too gave a look back at all the DADA teachers.  The fact that 
Dumbledore knew the job was cursed sheds some light on some of his 
decisions.  

Quirrell:  No, I don't think he was told about the curse.  Quirell 
is my biggest question mark of the buunch, truly.  Couldn't DD see 
that something was amiss?  Snape certainly did.  Hmmm....

Lockhart:  No, no DD did not tell him.  In fact, this is one of the 
cases where knowing the job is cursed helps to understand DD's 
rationale.  At least to me.  Perhaps DD wanted to expose Lockhart as 
a fraud.  What better way?  Really, once I knew DD knew the job was 
cursed, I wondered if maybe there were years where he used the post 
to expose frauds or get rid of irritating people.  Perhaps a bit 
cruel of DD.  Still, I can almost picture him sitting there 
saying, "Hmmmm, who is irritating me this year..."  Anyway, the 
point is, I think DD hired Lockhart *because* the job is cursed.

Lupin:  Not sure.  I would like to think that DD told him about the 
jinx.  DD thought it was important for an Order member to teach this 
class, someone truly qualified to get the kids ready.  He knew that 
he would need Lupin in other areas for Order business soon, so might 
as well let him teach DADA now.

Moody:  I think DD told the real Moody.  Perhaps he even thought 
Moody could come up with a way to break the curse?  Either way, I 
don't think Moody would have cared.  See above reasons for Lupin and 
apply the same to the hiring of Moody.  

Umbridge:  Again, I now finally understand why DD would let someone 
from the Ministry take this job.  This truly baffled me before now; 
it seemed so dangerous.  Now, I understand.  Heck, DD was probably 
hoping someone truly high up in the Ministry would take the job.  
Just let the curse do its job....

Snape:  Unlike SSSusan, I don't think Snape knew about this curse 
before this year.  He may have suspected, of course.  I think DD 
told him when he finally gave him the job.  By the by Sevvy, the 
real reason I haven't been giving you the job is because Voldy 
cursed it and I needed you around.  Though, I agree, if DD had told 
Snape sooner, the reason Snape kept applying was to keep up 
appearances for the DE's and Voldy.  Although, I guess maybe Snape 
could have thought he could break the curse.  Something to ponder.

Really though, when we found out DD knew about the curse, my first 
thought was, "Oh!  So, that explains Lockhart and Umbridge!"  
Quirrell.... I still don't know.  Did DD know he was Quirellmort?  
Did Snape??  Perhaps he was just on sabbatical for a year and DD 
welcomed him back without doing some fact checking (aka 
Legilimency)?  I need to stop now.  Quirrell confuses me.

Mindy