[HPforGrownups] Re: Grades & Head Boy/Head Girl

[John Walton]

No: HPFGUIDX 5267

Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer at pennylin at swbell.net wrote:

> Head Boy & Head Girl are not necessarily the best students in the class
> in any given year (I don't think -- Brits can correct me if I'm wrong).
> I doubt it works that James is Head Boy & Lily is Head Girl
> automatically if the class standings were thus: James, Sirius, Remus,
> Lily, Severus, etc.  I think there's more to it than just the best
> marks, although I'm sure that grades do figure into the overall choice.

Too true. There were so many times during my school career when the Head of
School (our PC term for Head Boy...) was picked because he was a rugger
bugger (trans: fixated on rugby) or because the Headmaster liked him. The
ability to form a coherent sentence was less important than the ability to
look imposing in Chapel to quiet people down. Fortunately, when I was in the
Upper Sixth (US: Senior year), one of my best friends was HB, and actually
had two braincells to rub together.

--John

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