[HPforGrownups] Re: How was James Head Boy without being a Prefect?

[Shaun Hately]

No: HPFGUIDX 77229

On 13 Aug 2003 at 12:21, feetmadeofclay wrote:

> It is simple let us just ask someone who is British and went to a 
> school with a house system. Anyone go to Eton?   
> 
> Obviously this system is modeled after a real system with a little 
> magic sorting thrown in.  
> 
> How does the real system work?

The problem is there is no single real system. I went to an Australian 
school, one of a number strongly modelled on British traditions, with a 
house system and with prefects. I know a lot of other people who went to 
similar schools in Australia and in the UK - and the simple fact is, 
there's a wide range of systems used. They all have some similarities - 
but there's a lot of different ways Hogwarts could work.

I've made several posts on this myself in the past based on my 
experiences - but really all we can do is guess - those of us with 
experiences of such systems can probably make more informed guesses - 
but nobody can know until and unless JKR spells it out.

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