HRH and their Prefect badges

[C M]

No: HPFGUIDX 75320

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Rebecca Stephens 
<rsteph1981 at y...> wrote:
>>>I can only judge by what I see.<<<

Me: Actually, you can only judge by what Harry sees/hears.

>>>Rebecca: I see several incidents of him not living up to his 
responsibility (incidentally, I wouldn't have counted considering 
ordering firewhiskey among them, though I can't say why) and I see 
*one* incidence of him fulfilling his responsibility without 
prompting (meeting on the train).<<<

Me: Did you see the part in Chapter 21 (pg. 451, American Ed) where 
some of Ron and Hermione's prefect duties were detailed? They helped 
supervise the decoration of the castle for the Holidays, they kept an 
eye on the First and Second Years during breaks and they patrolled 
the corridors in shifts with Mr. Filch. Ron clearly did these things 
because he complains about them to Harry afterwards. So that's at 
least three more incidences of him fulfilling his responsibilities 
you can add to your list.

He's doing his job. Not always perfectly, not always happily, but 
he's doing it.

CM