Divination Club: Trelawney vs Firenze

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Activity: 24 hour debate: Trelawney vs Firenze
Points: Participation 10pts, Additional comment: 5pts. 30pts limit.
Deadline: October 28th at 2 AM UTC (Timezones) (which is in the evening October 27th for US-ers, just to make sure no one is confused!)
Details:

I have a question on my roster where I ask people if they prefer Trelawney or Firenze and it's pretty much split down the middle, so now I'm really curious about your reasons!

Which one do you prefer: Trelawney or Firenze?
Why?

And here are some additional thoughts/questions if you run out of things to talk about regarding Trelawney and Firenze:
Are there any other character in HP verse that you think would fit the position as Divination Professor?
How do you think Divination classes would've been if Snape taught them?

Please leave a fairly substantial reasoning for your choice. I want at least a few lines of reasoning.
- Your replies to others should also have substance and not only be 'I agree!', etc. Points for further comments are at my discretion :)
- Be respectful in your replies, guys. Disagreeing is allowed, but be cool about it!


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Comments

[17tvfreek.livejournal.com]

I'm going to say Firenze because he seems to get students slightly more passionate about the subject. Unfortunately not many people (besides maybe Parvati and Lavender) took her seriously enough to learn anything from her. I suspect Dumbledore liked to keep it that way too because the knowledge she potentially had could be quite dangerous in the wrong hands.

Firenze had genuine passion for his subject and risked his life to teach it to the humans (i.e. his herd violently turned against him) with the added bonus of respect from his students.

I doubt Snape would have any respect for divination, he'd probably take a Hermione type stance against it.

Emma//Hufflepuff

[rhye.livejournal.com]

Even Snape and Hermione have to admit, though, that there are such things as real prophecies. They can't snub the subject completely without snubbing a very valid branch of magic. I think Hermione was reacting less to the subject itself and more to Trelawney's treatment of her. Plus, Hermione had difficulty with the idea that there was a subject in which she could not excel.

Jess//gryffindor

[17tvfreek.livejournal.com]

yeah I agree of course otherwise Snape wouldn't have bothered telling Voldie about the prophecy and of course there's an element of academic jealousy in Hermione's opinion. However I just think they're the sort of characters who would consider it a more "woolly discipline" - i.e. very hit and miss. They need something more tangible in their study of magic, more cause and effect where as I think Divination requires more faith?

Emma//Hufflepuff