Prefects AND Burning Feathers (was Re: [Ron Week]: More Questions--and more and more...)

[Christian Stubø]

No: HPFGUIDX 16251

--- "Lisa" <linman6868 at aol.com> skrev: 
> Even so, I don't recall him screwing up in Potions at all (unlike Harry whose Confusing
> Concoction won't thicken in PoA), whereas there are numerous examples of him crashing
> and burning in Charms and Transfiguration--I always laugh at the part where he has to
> put that feather out with his hat--is it in PS/SS? or CoS?.

It's in PS, Chapter Ten "Hallowe'en" (p. 126 UK paperback edition), and it's Seamus who
puts fire to the feather, though Ron does have his problems:

   "It was very difficult.  Harry and Seamus swished and flicked, but the feather they
were supposed to be sending skywards just lay on the desktop.  Seamus got so impatient
that he prodded it with his wand and set fire to it - Harry had to put it out with his
hat.
   Ron, at the next table, wasn't ahving much more luck"
   '/Wingardium Leviosa!/' he shouted, waving his long arms like a windmill.
   'You're saying it wrong,' Harry heard Hermione snap.  'It's Wing-/gar/-dium
Levi-/o/-sa, make the "gar" nice and long.'
   'You do it, then, if you're so clever,' Ron snarled.
   Hermione rolled up the sleeves of her gown, flicked her wand and said '/Wingardium
Leviosa/!'
   Their feather rose off the desk, and hovered about four feet above their heads."

Does anyone remember if Ron has similar problems with Charms and Transfiguration after he
gets his new wand in the beginning of PoA?

--- "Lisa" <linman6868 at aol.com> skrev:
> Query:  is there only one Prefect per House?  

Doubt it - it would seem prudent to have one prefect of each gender at least.  Also, in
PS, Chapter Six "The Journey from Platform Nine and Three Quarters" (p. 72 UK
paperback-edition), the following appears (it's Percy talking):  

"'Can't stay long, Mother,' he said.  'I'm up front, the Prefects have got two
compartments to themselves-'"

The compartments on the Hogwarts Express sound like they're sized to six or eight
persons, but given that the prefects are senior students, six is a more likely figure for
how many can squeeze in there, with luggage and all.  If there were only four Prefects
plus Head Boy and Head Girl, they would need only one compartment.  If you have eight
prefects plus Head Boy and Head Girl, they fit nicely into two compartments, with a bit
of room to spare.  If Head Boy and Head Girl are included in the eight prefects (but I
don't think they are - just a gut-feeling), they still need two compartments.

1.  Could somebody summon up the number of the post by John (I think) about the duties of
prefects in British public schools (in the British sense of the word)?

2.  Is there an FAQ being written about British public schools?  If not, should perhaps
the above-mentioned post be archived with the FAQs?

Best regards
Christian Stub

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