Student who becomes a teacher

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 168552

  
> 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
>

Hickengruendler:

It isn't Ron.

That's from here: http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/1999/1099-
connectiontransc2.htm#p24

"Part 24 {43:01}
Lydon: 1-800-4238255 - The Harry Potter Connection! Kathleen is on 
the line. Kathleen: Hi, how are you?

JKR+Lydon: Hi Kathleen.

Kathleen: Thank you so much for taking our call - I'm actually 
calling from my classroom right now.

JKR: Oh, wow!

Kathleen: This is a great class.

JKR: Hi everyone

Kathleen: This is a special treat. (to class:) She says hello to all 
of you.

Class: Hi (in background)

Kathleen: Anyway, it's very exciting; we just love Harry Potter, so 
we're curious - well - first of all we can't wait for books four, 
five, six and seven [JKR: OK], but after that, we're curious as to 
whether Harry is going to have a life after Hogwarts? Or if maybe 
Harry might be a Hogwarts teacher?

JKR: Erm, well, because all your kids said hello so nicely in the 
background there, I'm going to give you information I haven't given 
anyone else, and I will tell you that one of the characters - er - 
one of - one of Harry's class mates, though it's not Harry himself, 
does end up a teacher at Hogwarts, but it is not maybe the one you'd 
think - hint, hint, hint! So, yes one of them does end up staying at 
Hogwarts, but - erm ...

Lydon: Does the kids want to have a guess at it, Kathleen?

Kathleen: Do you like to have a guess at who it is?

Class: Ron

Kathleen: They say Ron ...

JKR: Noooo - it's not Ron ...

Kathleen: [to class] it's not Ron ... 

JKR: ... because I can't see Ron as a teacher, no way.

JKR+Kathleen laugh."