New DADA teacher? (was Re: Harry's Fairy Godmother)

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No: HPFGUIDX 41597

Nik wrote:

> *Has* JKR stated that book 5 will have a female DADA? On all of the 
websites 
> I've seen this mentioned, it's always labeled as rumor/speculation. 
Does 
> anyone know if this has been confirmed? I'm just dashing this 
message off at 
> work, so I don't have time to search Aberforth's website. Maybe I 
will 
> tonight, if I have time...

I just went to the Lexicon to look this up and found these two 
quotes, among others, on the page on book 5, under the section 
titled "What will happen in Harry Potter and the Order of the 
Phoenix?"
http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/book_op.html

1. "You'll be seeing Mrs. [Arabella] Figg in book five, and you'll 
find out all about her." (direct JKR quote)

2. "There will be a female Defense Against The Dark Arts teacher." 
(Lexicon's words)

Now the two could be unrelated, and both came from separate 
interviews from almost two years ago, but having Mrs. Figg as the 
next DADA teacher would make a lot of sense to me, much more than 
Fleur, or every other adult witch we know.

--Hei Lun, who's a guy, btw