Chase Carter waited until the woman before them all had finished speaking and then picked up his copy of the report. He read through it and frowned a little, shaking his head, and he began to write; Charms: Professor Flitwick's friendly approach to learning may appear to be the cause of the accidents that are happening in his classroom but Charms is not an easy subject to master. Mistakes are going to happen. Should he put his students under too much pressure they may respond in a negative way and learning levels may decrease. Perhaps a slightly more disciplined attitude could be put into place for those students whom are repeatedly making mistakes, however, to reinforce the learning they have been doing.
Plus Points: Happy working atmosphere
Minus Points: Perhaps a lack of punishment for students who repeatedly incorrectly perfom spells.
Chase read his response and nodded sloly to himself before reading the next and responding to that as well; Divination: Professor Trelawney seems to both lack knowledge and to lack ability to teach her subject. Surely she can't be allowed to continue to teach a subject when she knows nothing about it? Should she go on a training course, she may be able to regain some sort of control of classes by actually having a knowledge of her subject. Without this training though, there is little point in keeping her in employment.
Plus Points: She could do training.
Minus Points: She knows nothing of her subject and can't keep control of classes.
Chase was fairly certain he already knew who he would be firing from this point alone but he would analyse the rest of the teachers anyway in order to be completely certain; Care of Magical Creatures: As far as I am aware, this analysis of Professor Hagrid's lessons is far from true. Injuries resulting from bad behaviour in class (something which may not be controllable should the students decide to disobey) can be blamed more on a lack of obedience from the students than on the lesson being taught and the man who was teaching it. Far from being intimidating, Professor Hagrid tends to be seen much more as a gentle giant and therefore, with a bit of guidance from the Ministry, I am certain that he could come up to the correct standards when teaching. Perhaps a new selection of lesson plans that are thought up along with Professor Hagrid so that his influences are included would be more appropriate than removing a man with such evident knowledge of the subject he teaches.
Plus Points: High knowledge of the subject and a generally liked man among the students
Minus Points: Students have been injured in his classes
Chase then went on to read the next report and he frowned, analysing it as he read; Herbology: The use of foul language and high amounts of group work seem to be the main point of concern for the High Inquisitor, yet students use this sort of langauge all the time. Working in groups with other young people is what may be encouraging them to do this. She is not incapable of teaching, as far as I can see, but perhaps if group work is such a large problem, dealing with more smaller plants may be necessary so that they can work alone rather than needing the help of their friends to complete the projects she is setting them.
Plus Points: Group work is encouraged, building team work among the students. A vast knowledge is evident or she would not be allowing the students to work without her instruction on some tasks.
Minus Points: Foul language being used rather profusely may need to be looked at.
Chase's eyes glanced at the final paragraph and he smiled, glad that they weren't being asked to go through the entire staff list as he was sure he might get rather angry with the High Inquisitor if he had to read much more of what she had written; Potions: Professor Snape is known to prefer Slytherins to any other house and have a particular hatred for Gryffindors. However, he has a very vast knowledge of the subject and even chooses to teach students more than is necessary which shows that he is truly trying to prepare them for the outside world.
Plus Points: A very knowledgeable man who is trying to prepare students for life after Hogwarts.
Minus Points: A hint of favoritism may need to be addressed.
Chase, at this point, decided he would add an extra analysis to what he had written so far; High Inquisitor Dolores Umbridge: In my honest opinion, her analysis of professors and the way in which she carries out her reports may need to be looked at. She seems to only really be picking out the negative points and not allowing the positives to shine through as they ought to. These Professors are known to be very highly educated, perhaps with one exception, and Hogwarts is a very highly regarded school. If there was the number of faults there which have been suggested here, I do not believe it would be so highly thought about.
Now to write a conlusion was all that was left for Chase. He was grateful to be able to finish this task. In conclusion, I believe that the teacher that needs to be fired, or at least an awful lot of retraining, would have to be Sybil Trelawney. I don't doubt that she was hired in good faith by the Headmaster of Hogwarts but I do believe her employment needs to be terminated unless she is willing to do a lot of work to bring things up to scratch. |