EveryHarry Potterfan has dreamed of run low to Hogwarts themselves - and not just for switching staircase , Great Hall feasts , roaming ghost , and Hogsmeade trips … but for the actual lesson ! From learning about foretelling to transfiguration , the students of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry have the most unbelievable school subjects in Britain - but not always the best teachers .

The Hogwarts professor seem to exist under their own rule ( or lack thereof ) , with teacher being allowed to get off with foreign ( and incredibly life-threatening ) penalisation , strong-arm and aroused vilification , and utmost discrimination . Of course , there are also those prof that are genial , comely , and fascinating - but lamentably , they sometimes sense like they are in the minority !

Loved: Albus Dumbledore

This is something of a contentious entrance , because it is intemperately dependant on the fan , and whether they are study the book of account or the films . Either way , Dumbledore is sleep with for most of the series , and more than that , by most of the students . He is incredibly knock-down , but fuck how to anneal that and what his own weaknesses are . He values conscientious objector - mental process and student safety above almost everything else , and is incredibly caring when it comes to the teachers . Of course , he ’s also got his moments where he appear manipulative and wildly unjust to other houses when Harry is around , but no one is perfect !

Hated: Severus Snape

This is also a contentious entryway , because for some hoi polloi , Snape wasredeemed in his final moments by his making love of Lilyand the revelation that he only killed Dumbledore on the man ’s own direction . However , for most fans , Snape has to be one of the least popular teachers at Hogwarts . He is consistently bastardly to students , with the exception of his personal favorites . He is unjust when it come to teaching and examination , he keeps secrets , and his ' love ' of Lily is actually quite creepy ( not to mention his conclusion to take out his jealousy of James on Harry ) .

Loved: Alastor Moody

The last of the controversial entries is Mad - Eye Moody - and this is only controversial because for the full stop of prison term that Moody was a professor at Hogwarts , it was n’t Moody at all , but Barty Crouch Jr.

However , he gets an honorary citation as a professor , and after he was freed and take his place as one of the Order of the Phoenix , it became well-defined that he was a powerful ally and , while a bit outlandish , an unbelievable friend to Harry .

Hated: Horace Slughorn

Slughorn was n’t as straight-out evil as some of the other detest prof at Hogwarts , but he was somewhat appalling anyway . He was a solid teacher , but like many others , he had clear favorites . In Slughorn ’s pillowcase , at least he did n’t show his favoritism by actively strong-arm some of his class , but his conclusion to have an exclusive club of the privileged , attached , and gifted educatee was an odious matter to do . Add in his pomposity , his habit of namedropping , and of trend , his role in Tom Riddle becoming Voldemort , and it ’s no wonderment most lover hate him .

Loved: Remus Lupin

Remus Lupin is n’t just one of the most have intercourse teachers at Hogwarts , he is one of the most get it on characters in the intact series . Although his werewolf nature pretend him an castaway in wizarding society , he is systematically genial , serious-minded , and put in his pupil . As a teacher , he is thorough and capable , and possibly the only really terrific Defence Against The Dark Arts teacher Harry has .

Hated: The Carrows

Amycus and Alecto Carrow are given significantly more care in the books than the movies , but they do get a reference in the picture show when Neville is explain how things have changed at Hogwarts . These siblings were brought in by Umbridge , and were vicious , mean , and abusive teacher .

Alecto taught Muggle Studies , but taught the students that muggles were less than beldam and genius . Amycus instruct Defense Against The Dark Arts ( really , just Dark Arts by this detail ) , and had student practise the Cruciatus Curse on younger student .

Loved: Rubius Hagrid

Like Remus , Hagrid was so much more than just a professor to the Golden Trio , and to the fan . Originally , he was game warden , but his honey of all live thing saw him taking on the post of Care of Magical Creatures Professor afterward in the series . avowedly , as a instructor , Hagrid leave a lot to be desired , as his lessons were wander , off - topic , and not particularly focused on what would appear in test . However , it ’s impossible not to be intimate this loyal half - giant .

Hated: Gilderoy Lockhart

Much like Slughorn , Lockhart was n’t quite as evil as some of the professors over the years , but he was appallingly futile , and completely base . He did n’t deal about Dark magic or Death Eaters , though . Instead , Lockhart cared only about fame - and would do anything to get it . He stole the stories of capable witches and thaumaturgist , wiped their memories , and claim their achievements as his own … and he was even going to pass over the retention of his own students to protect his skin . It seems that he truly get what he deserved .

Loved: Minerva McGonagall

There ’s no one like Professor McGonagall . She ’s not the variety of favorable public figure that some of the other prof are , but she is impeccably fair , a phenomenal instructor , an incredible hag , and a woman of great bravery and clear morals . Unlike so many other teacher , she does not play favorites , and she oppose appropriately to student violation . However , it ’s the moments where she steps out of this perfectly fair authoritarian part that really makes lover love her . From her attacking Snape and let excited about using the enchantment to contribute the statue to liveliness and protect the schoolhouse , she ’s incredibly existent . Have a cooky , Professor McGonagall .

Hated: Dolores Umbridge

This should come as no surprisal - Dolores Umbridge , for many , ismore hated than Voldemort himself . This pink - clothe potentate first entered the school as Defence Against The Dark Arts Professor , but also as an examiner for the Ministry , and someone with the power to impose whatever rules she saw fit . These admit , among many , many other things , the creation of an ' Inquisitorial Squad ' , banning clubs , banning boys and lady friend sitting together ( Umbridge clearly did n’t think about Queer witches and wizards … ) , and of course , literally rack students by making them write lines in their own blood . She used veritaserum on children , fired Professor Trelawney , study pupil ’s postal service , and did n’t even teach them anything effective !

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