Lupin is not a stellar teacher either

Introduction

This won’t be as polemic as my essay on McGonagall. But those darn Pinterest memes keep popping up, and some of them headcanon Lupin as this amazingly sensitive teacher who always spots when students are having a bad time and helps, and adapts his teaching style to any needs, and…sigh. Hogwart students could certainly use a teacher like that. Lupin seems like one of the best—let’s face it, one of the only—candidates. But let’s take a closer look. ( Read more... )