[HPforGrownups] Headmaster Ron

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No: HPFGUIDX 85901

At 09:37 26-11-03 -0800, you wrote:
>this lends credence to a theory I've had since SS/PS which is that Ron
>(long nose, red hair, easily dismissed kid brother) is the one destined
>to teach at Hogwarts and eventually become Headmaster.

Kathleen: Anyway, it's very exciting; we just love Harry Potter,
      so we're curious - well - first of all we can't wait for
      books four, five, six and seven [JKR: OK], but after that,
      we're curious as to whether Harry is going to have a life
      after Hogwarts? Or if maybe Harry might be a Hogwarts
      teacher?
JKR: Erm, well, because all your kids said hello so nicely in the
      background there, I'm going to give you information I
      haven't given anyone else, and I will tell you that one of
      the characters - er - one of - one of Harry's class mates,
      though it's not Harry himself, does end up a teacher at
      Hogwarts, but _it__is__not__maybe__the__one__you'd__think_ -
      hint, hint, hint!
      So, yes one of them does end up staying at Hogwarts, but -
      erm ...
Lydon: Does the kids want to have a guess at it, Kathleen?
Kathleen: Do you like to have a guess at who it is?
Class: Ron
Kathleen: They say Ron ...
JKR: Noooo - it's not Ron ...
Kathleen: [to class] it's not Ron ...
JKR: ... because I can't see Ron as a teacher, no way.
JKR+Kathleen laughs.
Kathleen: Well, we have just been having such a fine time with
      Harry Potter, and we're /so/ thrilled that you took our call
      ...
JKR: Absolute pleasure ...

from an interview with Boston radio show /The Connection/

http://www.hogwarts-library.net/reference/interviews/19991012_TheConnection.html#question38

The page also contains links to the original audio files.

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