Harry's future...

[Jim Ferer]

No: HPFGUIDX 106244

Cincimaelder: "I'm not sure if anyone has ever suggested this because
I'm fairly new  to this board, but I believe Harry will be the Defense
Against the  Dark Arts teacher at the end of the series."

That was my notion, too, but I believe JKR said that he won't be a
teacher.  I know it's a mortal sin to point to something JKR said
without the quote, so I'm subject to correction here.  I was
disappointed because my vision was Hermione as Headmistress, Harry as
DADA teacher, and some very interesting summer vacations (sounds a
little too much like Indiana Jones? Maybe.)

Eleanor: "Yes! Lots of signs have been pointing that way, apart from
his experience of teaching the DA.

"They've run out of potential teachers (or else the Ministry wouldn't
have been able to appoint Umbridge). Even before her, Dumbledore was
reduced to getting Moody out of retirement, and hiring a known
werewolf, and goodness knows what possessed him to hire Gilderoy
Lockhart!"

I don't thin "reduced" is the word that ought to apply to Moody and Lupin!

One way to predict situations when you don't have strong clues is to
say, "If this was my problem, what would I do?" This method can work
very well. If I was Headmaster, I'd bring both Lupin and Moody back,
because everybody would start working double tides at DADA. Lupin
would teach the younger students, Moody would teach the older students
the rough stuff, and the DA would be the elite practice group, with
Harry leading it as a teaching assistant.  One of the benefits is that
Lupin and Moody would be close to Harry all the time, especially now
that we know that the preservation of Harry Potter is an absolute
strategic necessity.  I don't believe there can be any objection
anymore to Lupin as a teacher, BTW.

Dumbledore would be a fine teacher, but he won't have the time.

Your point about Harry being DADA teacher exacerbating his conflict
with Snape is well taken.  My scenario would make the conflict no less
sharp.

Harry is showing himself to be a natural as a teacher and as a leader.
 I was very, very pleased to see the students gathering around him at
last – the DA scene on the train is important.  Harry is going to
assume more and more of the leader's mantle, especially if, as so many
expect, Dumbledore will depart the scene at some point before the end.

Jim Ferer