#448: Have a Biscuit (OOTP 12, Professor Umbridge)

Published: Jan. 7, 2020, 3:02 a.m.

b"Andy from Harry Potter Fan Zone joins the show and shares the history of his website and how he received the prestigious J.K. Rowling Fan Site Award\\n\\nThe hosts share the Harry Potter gifts they received during the holidays\\n\\nChapter-by-Chapter returns with Order of the Phoenix - Chapter 12: Professor Umbridge\\n\\nSeven Word Summary: Classes begin for the term despite attitudes\\n\\nHarry\\u2019s troubles continue: Seamus bolts early in the morning, Dean is at a loss for words and Lavender isn\\u2019t buying Harry\\u2019s story either.\\n\\nHermione once again raises the importance of House unity. But is Hogwarts set up well for such a thing?\\n\\nDoes Dumbledore, in fact, not want to draw attention to Hagrid's absence?\\n\\nFred & George are in search of test subjects! Why couldn\\u2019t the Gryffindor Head Boy or Head Girl handle them?\\n\\nWhy doesn't Harry own up to giving the Weasley twins their money for the joke shop?\\n\\nKissy Kissy! Cho is back. Enter Ron - Master Wandblocker!\\xa0\\n\\nIs J.K. Rowling trying to tell the reader something about jumping on bandwagons?\\n\\nHarry has his worst day of classes: History of Magic, Potions, Divination, DADA\\n\\nWhat classes when we were kids could we just not get through?\\n\\nWith Hagrid gone and Umbridge teaching DADA, Harry really has no classes he enjoys!\\xa0\\n\\nDoes Snape ride Harry hard because he sees potential in him or because he's an ass?\\n\\nUmbridge raises the point that Defense Against The Dark Arts at Hogwarts has been rather disrupted and fragmented. She's not wrong, is she?\\n\\nSo, we\\u2019re going back to basics? We could see doing this for one or two lessons, but the entire year?\\n\\nWhat does Umbridge having a short wand mean?\\n\\nDo we believe this new DADA class was really carefully devised by experts at the Ministry?\\n\\nIs Umbridge wrong about Lupin?\\n\\nParvati raises a great point about the practical nature of their O.W.L.s. So, the students should just show up and perform a spell? Isn\\u2019t Umbridge setting the students up for failure? Wouldn\\u2019t it be a poor reflection on her if all of her students fail their O.W.L.s?\\n\\nHave a biscuit, Potter!\\n\\nUmbridge Suck Count, Connecting The Threads, MVP of the Week, Rename The Chapter return\\n\\nQuizzitch: What has Hermione been making over the summer?"