what JK really said about what she read

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No: HPFGUIDX 73699

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "magicroxx" <magicroxx at y...> 
wrote:
> Some people are looking for possible titles out of the passage that 
> JK Rowling.<snip>:
> > JK says:
> During this reading you might get a hint of what might stand in his 
> way of becoming an Aura apart from The Ministry's current attitude 
> toward to him, he needs a qualification that can be quite difficult 
> to get
 so here we go
. 
>> she reads the session and ONLY the session with McGonagall and 
> Umbridge. 
> So I see two possible scenarios stemming from this passage
> Potions, or DADA!!
>> Potions because Harry doesn't necessarily come up to par with 
those. 
> Or DADA because Umbridge insisted that Harry's grades were low. She 
> also insisted that there was no way that Harry would become an 
auror!!
> 
> I think DADA is more probable because Umbrigde is a hateful women. 
> She would have done something to ruin his score. Why else would she 
> have been smiling. 
>> Remember page 715 (american) 
> "As Harry passed Umbridge beside the door their eyes met. There was 
a 
> nasty smile playing around her wide, slack mouth, but he did not 
> care. Unless he was very much mistaken (and he was not planning on 
> saying it to anybody, in case he was), he had just achieved an 
> Outstanding O.W.L."

I assumed that Umbridge would be totally discredited as far as the 
MoM, especially Fudge was concerned.  There were too many witnesses 
to her admition of sending the dementors that attacked Harry and 
Dudley and also the fact that she was about to use the cruciatus 
curse on Harry in her office.  I think even if she had sabotaged 
Harry there is plenty of time between Harry's 5th and 6th years to 
get it cleared up.  After all, now that Fudge himself has seen 
Moldywart Harry has been redeemed in the MoM's eyes.  As far as 
potions?  He definately needs to do some make-up work there.  Not 
that he is inept, but that he never was able to concentrate on what 
he was doing.  I know Harry stated he wished to become an auror, but 
I have been wondering if he will actually wind up teaching at 
Hogwarts.  He has already started showing a talent for teaching as 
well as having leadership qualities.