[HPforGrownups] Re: The Prefect Question & Headship

[Random]

No: HPFGUIDX 70442


On Monday, Jul 14, 2003, at 16:49 EST, bboy_mn wrote:
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> I think Prefects are like assistant teachers;
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> Head Boy and Head Girl, I like to think of as best boy and best girl.
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> Perfect are chosen for their level of ability to help the 
> adminstration maintain order.
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> Head Boy and Girl are chosen for a combination of mostly academic 
> excellence and to a lesser but still significant degree quality of 
> character.
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> Just a thought.

I got the impression from other posts on the subject that the concept 
of prefects and head boy/girl is something that actually exists in 
boarding schools in britain, not just some made-up Hogwarts thing. Can 
anyone who's actually been to a boarding school clarify this point and 
say whether this description is correct?

--Random832