OoP- Head Boy

[Naama]

No: HPFGUIDX 70172

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "bluesqueak" <pipdowns at e...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Naama" <naama2486 at y...> 
wrote:
> > In PS Hagrid tells Harry that James and Lily were "Head Boy and 
> > Girl in their day" (the Hut-on-the-Rock scene, I think). 
> > 
> > However, in OoP Sirius tells us James wasn't a Prefect. Lupin 
> > was. Then how could James have possibly been Head Boy? 

<snip>

> > Can you become Head Boy without having been a Prefect?
 
> Oh, yes.
> 
> Rules for who can become Head Boy/Girl depend on the individual 
> school. In some the post is selected from the prefects, in others 
> it isn't. In some schools the post is appointed by the 
> Headteacher, in others it is an elected office voted on by 
> students.
 
> The variety of rules is wide enough that JKR could pick 
> practically *any* system, and there would probably be a real-life 
> British school 
> that followed that system.
> 
<snip>

> ...the Headteacher is allowed to look outside the ranks of 
> Prefects when selecting Head Boy/Girl - people can change a lot 
> between 15, when prefects are selected, and 17, when Head Boy and 
> Head Girl are selected.
> 
> Pip!Squeak

Thanks, Pip!

I'm 17 now, and the scools I've been in had nothing like Prefects 
and Head Boys/Girls, so that is a whole new area to me... 

Though now you've got me thinking. If you don't have to be a prefect 
in order to become Head Boy, that means Harry's not out of the race 
yet. Or is that still too great a responsibility for one who already 
has the fate of the wizarding world on his shoulders?
But then again, I'm one of those who consider the Mirror of Erised 
to reflect Ron's future.
Hmmm...

-Naama