“Snape vs Umbridge”
It was the talk of the Gryffindors when they got to the common room that afternoon that Professor Umbridge had been in their Potions lesson. I had had very few interruptions with her in. Which was quite fortuitous. It was headline news when they were talking about how Professor Snape dealt with the interruption to his class. I knew how he hated interruptions anyway but from someone like her must have been quite annoying. It happened in the fifth years class, I know that they didn’t like him. So, I’ll give my opinion and as usual the truth will be somewhere in between.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN TEACHING AT HOGWARTS?
Fourteen years.

YOU APPLIED FIRST FOR THE DEFENCE AGAINST THE DARK ARTS POST, I BELIEVE.
Yes.

BUT YOU WERE UNSUCCESSFUL?
Obviously.

AND YOU HAVE APPLIED REGULARLY FOR THE DEFENCE AGAINST THE DARK ARTS POST SINCE YOU FIRST JOINED THE SCHOOL, I BELIEVE?
Yes

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHY DUMBLEDORE HAS CONSISTENTLY REFUSED TO APPOINT YOU?
I suggest you ask him

OH I SHALL
I suppose this is relevant?

YES THE MINISTRY WANTS A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF TEACHERS – ER – BACKGROUNDS.