Head Boy/Lupin Re: Current "Marauders" vs. Original Marauders

[Ama Byer]

No: HPFGUIDX 30900

--- babelfisherperson <babelfisherperson at yahoo.com>
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "raolin.rm"
> <raolin1 at h...> wrote:
> > Being Muggle-born seems to be
> quite common while being a werewolf is something
>that you have to keep absolutely  hidden.  Not only
>that, we don't know that Remusis *especially*
>intelligent.  
> > Joshua Dyal
> 
> Remus certainly seemed pretty smart when he was
> teaching the DADA 
> class. Of course, James was Head Boy, meaning he was
> presumably the 
> best student of the group.
Red XIV

I'd just like to mention 2 things.  Remus being a
werewolf may have made him extremely introverted, even
if he had extraordinary ability he may have suppressed
it to avoid getting any sort of attention.  Bright but
but troubled kids do it all the time.

Secondly, I went to a school similar to Hogwarts(!)
never mind the ghosts considered it beneath them to be
house mascots.  However, the head boy/girl was not
necessarily the best student in the class, but the
well-rounded one, who pulled satisfactory grades, was
active in the student council, a good sportsperson,
showed a sense of responisibility and so on and so on.
 Therefore James and Sirius were outstanding students
but James' maturity, as evinced by his reaction to
Sirius' foolish prank may have made him a better
choice for Head Boy, even if he weren't brilliant. 
Clear as mud?  Good.

Ladjables 


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