[HPforGrownups] Re: No prefects from sixth year? and Harry's year.

[Shaun Hately]

No: HPFGUIDX 70388

On 15 Jul 2003 at 2:20, bibphile wrote:

> Maybe the other prefects saw no reason to stop the twins.  Ron 
> didn't.  Besides nobody stopped the twins' lesser pranks in GOF.

I've been there as a prefect trying to keep a bunch of kids in line. 
Frankly, Fred and George wouldn't have worried me too much *provided* I 
could keep an eye on what they were doing, and block their worst 
excesses. Last thing you'd want to do is drive them underground (-8. 
It's better to tolerate them, and just step in occasionally if they seem 
to be going too far. And by their seventh year - frankly, you wouldn't 
want the power struggle, especially with two boys who seem to be pretty 
popular. In all honesty, you'd want to get them onside to help you with 
any serious issues that arose - even if that meant letting them get away 
with the minor stuff.

And if you *did* have to speak to them, you'd probably do it in private. 
They're the type of guys who seem far more willing to respond to a quiet 
request in private than anything they perceived as a public humiliation.

Any sixth and seventh year prefects have had a year or two years dealing 
with the twins. They may have developed an 'understanding'.

Yours Without Wax, Dreadnought
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