OoP: UK School, HB => Prefect? (was Re: ADMIN OOP: READ THIS FIRST most Frequent

[bluesqueak]

> > How did he become Head Boy if he wasn't prefect? 
> > 
> > Not all prefects become Head Boys (since there are many more 
> > prefects than Head Boys) and, while prefects seem to be a 
> > responsibility-oriented position, Head Boy may be awarded to 
> > academical achievements (which fits with Percy, James and Tom)
> 
> In your dreams. I went to a UK school at roughly the same time as 
> JKR, it was a comprehensive school (= public high in USA) rather 
> than the posher model Hogwarts seems based on, but the head boy 
and 
> girl were drawn from the ranks of the prefects. If you are good 
> enough to be head boy then you are good enough to be a prefect. I 
> may be generalizing from too little evidence though. For those on 
> the list who went to, or taught at a UK school, did anyone find 
that 
> a head boy could be chosen who was not also a prefect?

::Pip!Squeak holds hand up Hermione style::

 Me! Me!

Mine was a single sex comprehensive, so rather than Head Girl/Boy, 
we had Head Girl, Deputy Head Girl. I was Deputy Head Girl, having 
never been a prefect.

This was probably because school rules said that Prefects were 
chosen by the staff, whereas Head Girl/Deputy Head Girl were elected 
by the students. 

But the point is that there's a variety of rules, and not all 
British schools insist that only Prefects are eligible for Head 
Girl/Boy post. 

Pip