death to capslock

It's also just weird that she goes back into "Everything must be Ministry approved" mode since...doesn't she know the Ministry is ridiculous?

Also, wasn't she criticizing the Ministry approved DADA curriculum last year, and not really showing any signs of feeling any conflict about it?

There's times where she's certainly curious, but more about facts that she can rattle off and know about.

In other words, JKR's using her as an exposition machine, which is the main thing that she seems to think intellectualism is good for in this series.