Harry's ideal ending & my idea of a horrible ending

[arcum42]

No: HPFGUIDX 86287

> Woman on phone: [W]e're curious as to whether Harry is going to
have a
> life after Hogwarts, or if maybe, Harry might be a Hogwarts teacher.
> 
> JKR: Well, because all your kids said `hello' so nicely in the
> background there, I am going to give you information I haven't given
> anyone else and I will tell you that one of the characters, one of
> Harry's classmates, though it's not Harry himself, does end up a
> teacher at Hogwarts. But, it is not, maybe the one you think, hint,
> hint, hint. Yeah, one of them does end up staying at Hogwarts,
but... 
> [To woman on the phone] Do the kids want to guess at it, Kathleen?
> Woman on phone: Do you guys have a guess as to who it is?
> (Kids shouting in background) Ron
> They say Ron.
> JKR: No, it's not Ron. I can't see Ron as a teacher. No way. 
> 
> 
> Hope that's helpful. "The one you think" seems to refer to Hermione,
> and she's specifically eliminated Harry and Ron, so that pretty much
> leaves us with Neville (or possibly Ginny, but I doubt it).

And while Ron is specified as not being a teacher, the others are 
only specified as not teaching at Hogwarts. This leaves 
Beauxbatons and Durmstrang as possibilities... ^_^

I'm also curious what the end of the sentence "Yeah, one of them does
end up staying at Hogwarts, but..." was going to be...

--Arcum