Harry's future...

[slgazit]

No: HPFGUIDX 106248

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "iamvine" <eleanor at d...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cincimaelder"
> <cincimaelder at y...> wrote:
> > 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.


> * The Time-Turner might provide a way for him to teach and study for
> his NEWTs at the same time.

Harry does not know enough yet to teach DADA. It was evident during
the battle at the DoM. Both the DE's and OoP members knew many more
spells and other tricks, and had much more experience with duelling
(read the description of Sirius and Bellatrix duel). Running the DA as
a one-week practical DADA session for advanced students is a good
idea, but he is not ready for fulltime position, even if he had the time.

Using the Time-Turner is not going to help in any case - it will leave
him no time for sleep, leisure activities or his beloved quidditch
practices. Hermione gave up on it after her experience after all.

Also, teaching DADA is more than a fulltime job - it's a required
class during the first 5 years and is taught to each house separately.
This comes up to 20 weekly or bi-weekly 2-hour sessions, plus two
advanced DADA classes (for the 6th and 7th year students). While these
are presumably taught to a mixed house audience, they will now have
people clamouring to sign up for them because of the upcoming war,
which means possibly opening intermediate level DADA classes for older
students. This is a tall order even for a fulltime teacher. I never
understood how the miscellanous DADA teachers (as well as Flitwick and
McGonnagal in their respective subjects) managed  that load. Other
classes after all combine students from two houses.

Salit