Why Did Dumbledore Keep Hiring TERRIBLE Professors? - Harry Potter Explained
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Why Did Dumbledore Keep Hiring TERRIBLE Professors? - Harry Potter Explained

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 6, 202619 min

Lockhart. Umbridge. Quirrell. Dangerous werewolf. Imposter Professor. Were theyreally the best the Wizarding World had to offer? For a magical school with a reputation like Hogwarts, it feels quite unusual that these people ever stepped in the castle, let alone TAUGHT actual students. But when it comes to the role of DADA professor, Hogwarts just can’t seem to get it right. Or is it just that…Dumbledore can’t get it right? Questions Answered / Topics Discussed Why did Dumbledore keep hiring terrible profes...

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seem to get it right. Or is it just that Dumbledore can't get it right?

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that teaches students how to defend themselves against dark magic, creatures and curses.

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Lockhart, Umbridge, Quirrell, Dangerous Werewolf, Imposter Professor. Were these really the best the wizarding world had to offer? For a magical school with a reputation like Hogwarts, it feels quite unusual that these people ever step foot in the castle, let alone taught actual students. But when it comes to the role of Data Professor, Hogwarts just can't

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seem to get it right. Or is it just that Dumbledore can't get it right? For as long as the school has existed, Defence Against the Dark Arts has been a core subject that teaches students how to defend themselves against dark magic, creatures and curses. Though I'm not sure it's been particularly successful in this regard.

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Pexypixie Pestanomi anyone? And for as long as Harry attended Hogwarts, and as it turns out from many decades prior, the subject had a particularly high turnover rate. by particularly high, I actually mean absurdly, enormously, astronomically high. In fact,

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