a thought about career's advice

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 100933

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Shaun Hately" 
<drednort at a...> wrote:
o.
> 
> Chamber of Secrets does describe the process - and 
basically,  indicates that only Hermione took it very seriously. 
There's no  specific reference to teachers giving the kids any 
advice -  although Percy is mentioned as advising Harry, but in 
the end Harry  doesn't seem to make a particularly informed 
decision:
> 
> "But the only thing Harry felt he was really good at was 
Quidditch.  In the end, he chose the same new subjects as Ron, 
feeling that if  he was lousy at them, at least he'd have someone 
friendly to   help him."
> 
> There may well have been pamphlets, etc, about - but Harry 
doesn't  seem to have taken the process that seriously.<<

Harry didn't but I suspect that Ron did. I think his desire to 
become an Auror is longstanding and he kept it secret, like his 
desire to play Quidditch. IMO, he chose CoMC as the course 
most likely to be useful in that adventurous line of work and 
Divination because he didn't think it would be too difficult, 
allowing him to concentrate on the other studies he needs. But I 
could be wrong. 

Pippin