Seamus/Hogwarts - Prefect and Questions

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No: HPFGUIDX 22025

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Rita Winston <catlady at w...> wrote:
> 
> Considered as just any student, Harry is at least one thing special: 
the Quidditch star. I may not approve of giving people non-athletic 
honors just because of their athletic accomplishments, but it does 
happen. Who do you think is more worthy to be the boy Gryffindor 
prefect of class of 1998 than Harry?>

I forgot about Quidditch as a possibility for prefect consideration, 
but in Harry's case, it still makes me uncomfortable.  Just like being 
a fourth champion made him miserable, I see the same reaction from him 
on becoming a prefect.  It also raises some questions:

*Do you automatically become a prefect/Head Boy or Girl if anyone in 
your family was one (parents or brothers)?
*Can you turn the job down?

If it is an inherited position, then both Harry and Ron have a shot at 
it.  For all we know, Neville's parents could have also been prefects, 
as it was mentioned they were quite popular before the DEs got their 
hands on them.

If I am to think only of who is worthy of the position, Hermione is 
the only one who comes to mind.  I have heard next to nothing about 
the Gryffindor boys having excellent grades or being extra 
rule-conscious.  Harry is the best rule breaker of all, actually.

--jenny from ravenclaw, who would never want to be a 
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