Makes it kind of ironic that Remus resigns after his secret is revealed. He leaves right at the time when most of the danger he presents has been neutralized.
Well, he leaves before hysterical parents start sending howlers, and he leaves after his own irresponsibility has been revealed. ...I know, logically, that Remus post-PoA would probably be a damn fine DADA teacher. No longer neurotic about Sirius and thus liable to forget his drugs (well... until the end of OotP), no more dreadful secrets (that we know of). He's so utterly self-centered, though, to the expense of the safety of others, I think he needs to have lost his position simply as a punitive measure. ...It wouldn't bother me, expect Remus's whole survival strategy is to get people to trust him (understandable, given his condition) but he utterly loses my faith in him by proving that he's untrustworthy. I'd almost prefer Umbridge, whom people know to hate.
That said, I think the way he handles his resignation is very immature. A bitter 'they're firing me because I'm a werewolf' is what I read behind his gentle words, probably a kneejerk reaction to every time he's been fired... But in this case, he's unfit because he's irresponsible.
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Well, he leaves before hysterical parents start sending howlers, and he leaves after his own irresponsibility has been revealed. ...I know, logically, that Remus post-PoA would probably be a damn fine DADA teacher. No longer neurotic about Sirius and thus liable to forget his drugs (well... until the end of OotP), no more dreadful secrets (that we know of). He's so utterly self-centered, though, to the expense of the safety of others, I think he needs to have lost his position simply as a punitive measure. ...It wouldn't bother me, expect Remus's whole survival strategy is to get people to trust him (understandable, given his condition) but he utterly loses my faith in him by proving that he's untrustworthy. I'd almost prefer Umbridge, whom people know to hate.
That said, I think the way he handles his resignation is very immature. A bitter 'they're firing me because I'm a werewolf' is what I read behind his gentle words, probably a kneejerk reaction to every time he's been fired... But in this case, he's unfit because he's irresponsible.