New Headmaster/Headmistress at Hogwarts in Book 7? new heads of the houses?

[zgirnius]

No: HPFGUIDX 153789


> Kathrin P said (concerning who may replace McGonagall as head of
> Gryffindor): 
> 
> > Madame Trelawney? Gosh, I hope not! She seems more like a 
> > Ravenclaw to me...
> > 
> Panhandle:
> Trelawney? Ravenclaw? I cannot think of any single character who 
would be
> less a Ravenclaw than Trelawney! Ravenclaw is known for 
intellectual rigor,
> while Trelawnes is engaged in a field completely lacking in any 
intellectual
> component whatsoever. 
>

zgirnius:
I'm going to agree with Kathrin P.

Trelawney appears to be familiar with a number of facts about her 
field. She can do a Tarot reading and knows the meanings of the cards 
that come up. She appears to know the contents of the books she 
assigns to her class. (Like, what various things mean when 
interpreting dreams, or when seen in tea leaves, or how to make an 
astrological chart, and so on). Unlike Ron and Harry, she's not 
making it up as she goes along (well, except for her charming habit 
of predicting a death in every class. She probably thinks that has 
some pedagogical value...) True, her biggest claim to excellence in 
Divination is her gift of being a Seer, which is likely inborn, but 
this does not obviate the rest.

Also, who is the Ravenclaw we probably know best? I'd say Luna 
Lovegood. I see a definite similarity in the intellectual approaches 
of those two. (I'm also guessing Sybil considers Luna a strong 
student in her area, she recogizes her at Sluggie's party and wonders 
why she is not in one of her classes. Luna is in one of Firenze's, 
that year).