Student who becomes a teacher

[dungrollin]

No: HPFGUIDX 168547

rduran1216 wrote:
>> Rowling has said that one of Harry's classmates will become a 
> teacher. 
>> Instead of it being during the bulk of DH, I think Neville will be 
> the Herbology teacher once he's older. I base this on making sense, 
not neessarily on any evidence.
>   > 

Dungrollin:
> Since HBP, I've been thinking it's more likely that Malfoy will end 
up teaching potions. 

>   Now Phil:
>   I predict that after losing both Divination teachers in book 
Seven, Ron will become the new Divination teacher.
>   1. He plays a great game of chess.
>   2. Most of his fake predictions came out to be true.
>   3. He gave Harry the way to defeat Voldemort  in book one, when 
Harry asked,
>   "And what if I wave my wand and nothing happens?" 
>   "Throw it away and punch him on the nose," Ron suggested. 


Dungrollin:

Potential vacancies:

. Transfiguration - since McGonagall is now Head. Wide open.
. Potions - Slughorn's supposed to be retired. Wide open.
. DADA - was the curse on the position, or on DD's choices? Has Snape 
now broken the curse? Wide open.
. Divination - DD only hired Trelawney because she needed his 
protection, he was not convinced that the subject should continue to 
be taught. If both Firenze and Trelawney are unavailable, would 
McGonagall bother finding another teacher? 
. Herbology, Charms, Arithmancy, Astronomy, CoMC etc might fall 
vacant due to a death/retirement among the staff, however, I don't 
think we know of a single student who particularly excels in any of 
these subjects, and certainly nobody took NEWT CoMC. 

Potential students. The choices are from Harry's classmates (so not 
including Ginny, Luna, GrednForge etc):

. Harry - Nope. JKR has already nixed this
. Ron - Possibly, but what is his strong point? Transfiguration? 
. Hermione - Possibly, but JKR said not the one you might expect.
. Malfoy - Possibly for Potions or DADA
. Neville - Possibly for Herbology
. CrabbenGoyle - well I had to put them on the list, but... nah.
. Pansy, Seamus, Dean, Lavender and Parvati are all possibilities, 
but again, where lie their strengths? Do we know/care enough about 
them? 
 
Terry Boot, Mandy Brocklehurst, Michael Corner, Anthony Goldstein, 
Morag McDougal, Padma Patil, Lisa Turpin, Millicent Bulstrode, Daphne 
Greengrass, Theo Nott, Blaise Zabini, Hannah Abbot, Susan Bones, 
Ernie MacMillan, and Justin Finch-Fletchly I don't think are in the 
running, since we don't know much about them. There's always the 
possibility that one of them will play a large role in book 7 and 
will be the surprise teacher, but from where we are now I think it 
unlikely. 

I also think it unlikely that Ron would end up teaching Divination. 
Mostly because he's not even taking the subject at NEWT level (which 
isn't necessarily a barrier given that Hagrid doesn't have a single 
OWL), but also because if both Firenze and Trelawney kick their 
respective buckets, I can't see McGonagall replacing them. I don't 
much like the idea of Ron becoming an old fraud, either. 

So here are the possibilities I see, based on available information 
(it could all change come book 7, of course):

Neville - Herbology (Sprout must be unavailable/dead)
Ron - Transfiguration/DADA 
Malfoy - Potions/DADA
Hermione - Potions/DADA (unlikely from JKR's comments)

Personally I wouldn't mind seeing Ron teach Transfiguration 
(reflecting the start of another auburn-haired wizard's career) or 
Malfoy teach Potions/DADA (reflecting another Slytherin's redemption).

Dungrollin