Percy's advice to Harry -- Super out of character? I'm on my way through the books yet again, and I'm currently on Chamber of Secrets. In Chamber of Secrets, Harry is choosing his new classes for third year, and Percy advises that he take Divination because, "it's never to early to begin thinking about the future." 

I think this is totally out of character for Percy. He's a pragmatist, and I just don't see him advising Harry to take a useless class. I can't imagine that 6th year Percy wouldn't know that it's useless either, even if he wasn't taking it. 

I just thought I'd open this up for discussion. Is there anything about Percy that would explain why he would recommend Divination?