"As a Headmaster his job is to make the school safe and fair environment, make sure we have competent teachers, and to provide a moral guidance; that as far as I am concerned he's not qualified to give.
"Well, let's examine that shall we? Safety? Nope can't check that one. Faced death three, no sorry four times, first year alone. That's assuming you count the gauntlet I ran as one attempt. Then second year there was a diary that possessed a girl in Gryffindor and her setting a basilisk loose on the school. It wasn't the teachers that figured out that one; it was a group of students. Third year has actually been quiet. I keep waiting for a shoe to drop.
"Good teachers? That one is probably half a check. Transfiguration, the teacher is a prejudiced old biddy, but she knows her subject and teaches it well. Charms is good. Potions, bzz, can't give him a pass on that one. Snape knows his potions but his own prejudice and bitterness makes him an awful teacher and he has little ability to teach what he knows to others. Astronomy, I suppose if you know nothing she's not horrible, but I have yet to learn a damn thing in her class. Muggles not only know the subject better; they teach it better, too. Runes is fabulous. Arithmancy is dry but good. History, bzz, between a text that is one-sided, and a ghost who puts students to sleep that's a clear fail. Given that that's been the case since Dumbledore became Headmaster it's not a wonder the wizarding world is in trouble. Most the citizens know nothing of history, or their own government. Herbology is good. Care of Magical Creatures, Hagrid knows his subject but has no sense, and thinks that teaching the large dangerous creatures first is the best way to pass on his love of creatures to the students. Never mind he just terrifies them instead. Muggles Studies, give me a break. The pureblood that teaches it would be picked up as a lunatic if she spent a day in the muggle world, and the texts are fifty years out of date. Divination is a joke. I hear the professor is fond of making pronouncements of death, none of which have ever come true. And last of course, is Defense which is thought to be cursed. Remus, you are the only truly competent professor I've had and how long did you last? My first professor was possessed by Voldemort. My second was a pedophile. My third was a werewolf. No offense, Remus. This year's is mostly competent, but he doesn't give much practical. It's more here are the creatures based on book drawings, here's the defense, no practical attempts allowed; moving on. I've learned more from a couple of my housemates than from the defense teachers.
" The Headmaster providing a moral compass? I had to ask several times to get my own property back from him. He completely failed at fulfilling my parents' wishes. Prejudice, bigotry, bullying run rampant in the school, check. Leonardo DaVinci said, Not to punish evil is the same as authorizing it. I think the Headmaster lets students hurt and humiliate each other enough that it's the same as authorizing it. Yep, I do believe that is a failing mark.
"Dunbledore's biggest claims to fame are Voldie is supposedly afraid of him and he defeated Grindelwald. Dumbledore is regarded as Leader of the Light and I'm not saying, although it probably sounds as if I am, that he's a terrible person. I just have seen enough of him that I don't have a reason to trust him and I have several reasons not to. Not the least of which is he's surrounded himself with sycophants and he's been listening to them long enough that he thinks he's God's gift and infallible. He's human. He can and probably does make mistakes.
"One last food for thought, I have heard Dumbledore say, "It's for the greater good." That slogan was also used by Grindelwald in his rise to power. It is a poor excuse used by men who do awful things in the name of progress. Frequently such men believe themselves above the law and look the other way, not accepting that they are responsible. Claiming that evil worked in the name of good isn't evil merely good in another guise. A wise man named Norman Mac Donald once said, Do not imagine that the good you intend will balance the evil you perform. In my opinion Albus Dumbledore, at best, can be described as a benign dictator, either that or a senile incompetent with delusions of grandeur.
"I am of the opinion that evil worked in the name of good is still evil, justifiable, maybe, but I would never stoop to trying to call an evil act anything but what it is. I do believe that there are such things as necessary evils. I wouldn't want to commit one, unless I was completely sure there wasn't another alternative or that that alternative wouldn't wind up costing an innocent far more than they should be asked to pay. I would only take volunteers, and I certainly wouldn't try to put a child unknowingly in the line of fire. I'm quite sure Dumbledore doesn't follow even that much of a moral code.
"I want Cassandra to have access to the Black library. I believe Voldemort's attack resulted in my becoming a magical heir of Slytherin by right of conquest. I need to learn and understand those magics. If the prophecy is correct and I am the only one who can defeat Voldemort. I need to know how he survived in the first place. I need to be able to recognize and counter dark spells he or his followers may throw at me. I can't learn that from a "light" library.. I turn the other cheek to a point, but I refuse to be a carpet for people who want to hurt me or my friends. I am not above hurting others if it means I can protect those I care about. The Black library should have at least some of the information that can help me achieve these goals."
Remus felt like he could be knocked over with a feather. He had always believed and trusted the Headmaster since he allowed Remus to attend Hogwarts. But as Remus looked at things from Harry's perspective it was clear that the Headmaster's actions and motives were highly suspect. He wasn't sure what to believe.
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