Charlie Weasley's age

[princesspeaette]

No: HPFGUIDX 76848

 
> <princesspeaette at y...> wrote:
> 
> > It hasn't been mentioned because it isn't possible.  It's 
> mentioned 
> > several times that Bill, Charlie, and Percy were all Head Boy in 
> > their respective last years at Hogwarts.  If Bill and Charlie 
were 
> in 
> > the same year, it would have been one or the other.
> > 

biphile:
> 
> Not so.  They were all prefect, but Charlie wasn't Headboy.  Didn't 
> Molly say "Second Headboy in the family" when Percy made it?
> 
> You're right though that Bill and Charlie couldn't both be made 
> prefect the same year since there appears to be only one boy and 
one 
> girl chose from the fifth years of each house.  I never thought 
they 
> were in the same year anyway though.
> 


Darn, you're right.  I was confusing being HB with the statement 
Molly made when Ron was made prefect "that's everyone in the family!" 
(Fred or George then said "What are we, next door neighbors?" ;-)  
Being a graduate of US public school system, I fear, has permanently 
hindered my abilty to keep that rather important distinction straight.

~Margaret