OOP - Harry as teacher

[sueeeyqbong]

No: HPFGUIDX 66833

Yes, I'd root for this possibility too purely for the 'comfort 
factor' - Hogwarts is the only place which has felt like home to 
Harry, and becoming a teacher there would be a means of ensuring 
that he gets to keep that home for good. After all that he'll have 
gone through, and given that Harry's current isolation and feeling 
of being a 'marked man' make it more difficult for him to cultivate 
romantic relationships, I'd like to cut the poor guy some slack and 
give him a home, at least, by the end of the series. Having said 
that, I don't think the 'comfort factor' score very highly on JKR's 
priority list really, so maybe there's not so much chance of the 
happy ending....

Sue (rooting for a happy ending for the sake of her sanity but not 
very hopeful, nonetheless)


 --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "bookraptor11" 
<DMCourt11 at c...> wrote:
> Does anyone remember an interview where JKR said that after the 
> series somebody would become a teacher at Hogwarts, but not anyone 
> we'd suspect?  I took that to mean Hermione wouldn't, and still 
think 
> so, as she's always been the most obviously teacherlike of the 
> students.
> 
> Now I'm wondering if it might not be Harry after seeing his 
success 
> filling in as DADA instructor in the secret lessons.  I know he's 
> been thinking about being an Auror even before OOP. His interview 
> with McGonigall, and the knowledge that Ministry has been 
> deliberately trying to block his attempts at learning DADA in OOP 
> only increase his determination to be an Auror.  If he goes in for 
> further training after Hogwarts, I think he would excell and 
> eventually become a great Auror.
> 
> However, what he has decided at 15 may not be what he decides at 
17.  
> He also shows excellent aptitude as a teacher.  When he's giving 
> instructions he seems very natural and more importantly his 
students 
> make good progress.  Harry seems very fulfilled, and not just 
because 
> he's defying Umbridge (see p.397 U.S. edition).
> 
> It may be after defeating Voldemort, Harry realizes a deeper 
calling 
> to instruct.  I also love thinking of a possible line from the 
last 
> page of book seven: "Professor Snape, have you met our new DADA 
> teacher, Professor Potter?"
> 
> Donna