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nemonowan wrote:

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Jorlem wrote:
Albus Dumbledore’s plans, however, ran deep. He happened to have known two of the wizards for whose life’s work Gilderoy Lockhart had taken credit, and was one of the only people in the world who thought he knew what Lockhart was up to. Dumbledore was convinced that Lockhart needed only to be put back into an ordinary school setting to be revealed as a charlatan and a fraud. Professor McGonagall, who had never liked Lockhart, asked Dumbledore what he thought students would learn from such a vain, celebrity-hungry man. Dumbledore replied that ‘there is plenty to be learned even from a bad teacher: what not to do, how not to be’.

Which proves, by canon, that Dumbledore shouldn't have ever been allowed within ten miles of any educational establishment.

Well, what else are you supposed to do with a cursed job that destroys the lives of everyone who takes it? Especially since most competent potential applicants presumably know of the curse and therefore refuse to take the job? If the position has to be filled and is guaranteed to ruin the life/reputation of the teacher, you may as well give the job to an enemy.
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