Prefects

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From: hert0661
Subject: Re: Prefects
Reply To: [Yahoo! #4594] Re: Book 5 predictions
Date: 7/19/00 11:07 am  (ET)

Well I will try to answer some of the questions asked but note that I
have no pratical experience of the prefect system so the following is
just my opinion.

I assume that as there were 20 broomsticks out for the Gryffindor and
Slytherin flying lesson and as there are 20 cauldrons in potion lessons
that there are 10 students per year per house.

This would equate to 70 students per house. I am also assuming that all
houses have the same number of students, which I think is a reasonable
idea. Most schools would split their students up evenly between the
houses and I assume this is part of the sorting hats job.

Each house has one teacher assigned to it as a head of house. The prefects
would be the liason between this teacher and the students. This is backed
up by the fact that Prof. McGonagall rarely enters the Gryffindor Common
Room and so expects the prefects to do the disiplinary work for her.

Though two people are appointed to be head boy and girl I would assume
that they continue to do their prefect roles.

Students in year 5 sit their OWL's and in year 7 their NEWT's. This
means that they will be very busy revising. This suggests that the main
prefect responsibility falls to the prefects in year 6.

All the above would lead me to suspect that their is one male and one
female prefect per house per year.

In PS, Percy says that the prefects have two compartments to themselves
at the front of the train. I am guessing that each compartment takes
about 10 people. In PoA Harry, Hermione, Ron, Lupin, Ginny, Neville and
Crookshanks have a seat each and their stuff is scattered around. This
would leave it with some space but not too much.

This would mean that their were about 20 prefects which would be
consistent with 6 per house with a few scattered around the train or
maybe the Slytherin ones not mixing with the others.

Simon