The children's future careers- Potions vs Herbology

[jdr0918]

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<<<In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
...I think Neville could be reasonably good at potions...I like to 
hear myself talk, so I'm going to tell you again:
...I predict that Harry much like his father will be sufficiently 
wealthy that he doesn't really need a regular job. The fortune he 
currently has can't last forever, so he does need a source of some 
income...Weasley Wizarding Wheezes...Fred and George keep funneling 
Harry's share of the money back into the business, in a sense 
compounding Harry's share.
...I predict by the end of that last book, Harry will be so 
physically, emotionally, and psychologially wounded, that he will 
want nothing more that to be left alone to live out his life in quiet 
obscurity...>>>

The Sergeant Majorette says

Roger that, although I don't see any reason why Harry's money can't 
last forever. You have to assume that the Potter fortune is invested 
some kind of way, and that nobody ever loses money under the goblins.

I always thought that Neville would be the one to teach at Hogwarts, 
but Potions? Wouldn't that put Snape's pantyhose in a twist even if 
he *did* get the DADA post!

I can't see Harry living happily ever after, but it'll break my heart 
if he dies, so your solution works for me. Your Harry reminds me of 
the people one sometimes encounters working dull and/or menial jobs 
with a wry twinkle in their eyes; you always wonder what's going on 
in their heads. Or like the late Seymour Cray, the supercomputer guy, 
who told interviewers that he solved tricky technical problems by 
leaving the back door open for the elves...

--JDR