After Umbridge became High Inquisitor through the Ministry of Magic's Educational Decree, she still failed to inspire much fear among Hogwarts students.
In everyone's eyes, she was still the hopping Toad Professor.
The impression had been far too deep, and with photographs to back it up, some students occasionally got too excited—and recklessly called Umbridge the Pink Toad.
The consequences were obvious—detention.
Thus, several more lucky students got to experience Umbridge's punishment Quill.
Even though Dumbledore had explicitly forbidden professors from using Dark Magic Items to punish students, the furious Umbridge ignored him anyway.
The innocent headmaster consequently caught the flak and received a flood of complaint letters.
In fact, the Daily Prophet received several similar letters every day. "Someone" even deliberately sent Howlers to the newspaper office, yet it still failed to cause any stir.
The entire British magical world was remarkably slow—or rather, numb—in its response to the Ministry of Magic interfering with Hogwarts. Wizards did not value Hogwarts' educational issues as much as people had expected.
They didn't know? How could that be!
The Daily Prophet had clearly reported Umbridge's appointment as High Inquisitor, while Lucius Malfoy had even appeared in the paper as the representative of "all parents."
The only voices of opposition came from Wizengamot elders Griselda Marchbanks and Tiberius Ogden, who resigned in protest against the appointment of an inquisitor to Hogwarts.
The fact that this made it into the Daily Prophet was truly thanks to the importance of Wizengamot members.
However—
British wizards remained indifferent to the matter, even though the education issue might concern their own children.
Of course, perhaps they were forced by life's pressures and feared that saying one word too many would lead to persecution and dismissal from the Ministry of Magic.
Wizards would not easily give up respectable