

When Harry agrees to this, Hermione tentatively suggests that the appropriate teacher would be Harry himself.

Within the first two weeks of classes, Hermione has seen how stultifying and useless this form of teaching is, and with the assistance of Ron, suggests to Harry that it would be a good idea to have someone teach the students real Defence Against the Dark Arts, rather than the useless "conciliation techniques" currently being taught only through books. Professor Dolores Umbridge, Hogwarts' new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher in Harry's fifth year, only lectures on Ministry-approved theory, which seems entirely based on appeasement and negotiation, from the textbook, and refuses either to teach real defensive magic, or to allow practicing defensive spells. Beginner warning: Details follow which you may not wish to read at your current level.ĭumbledore's Army (D.A.) is the secret Defence Against the Dark Arts group founded by Harry Potter and Hermione Granger, with assistance from Ron Weasley.
