[HPforGrownups] Re: First in class (was: James: the better wizard?

[B.C. French]

No: HPFGUIDX 1485

At 3:27 AM +0000 9/15/00, Rita Winston wrote:
>
>--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Steve Bates" <spicoli323 at h...>
>wrote:
>>  James was first in his class at Hogwarts, wasn't he?
>
>I don't remember if James was first in his class, but I do remember
>that he was Head Boy, and that Remus told Harry that James and Sirius
>were the two cleverest students in their year. I imagine that Remus
>omitted to mention himself out of modesty, and omitted to mention
>the other particularly clever students to avoid cluttering up the
>dramatic confession. I imagine that James was the first in his class,
>with possibly Severus second and Remus third (with Severus hating
>James for edging him out of first place as well all the other things
>he envied him for), and Sirius fourth because he never bothered to
>study, just coasted on native talent and intelligence (like Fred and
>George). But if Lily was in the same year as the Marauders rather
>than the next year, where did she rank in those standings?


She was Head Girl. Hagrid mentioned it in Book 1.

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