OoP spoilers - Why I hate the prefect selection etc.

[logic_alley]

No: HPFGUIDX 71903

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Cate" <cate at e...> wrote:
> Alia: (snip)
> What the almighty heck was Dumbledore playing at making *RON* of 
all 
> people a prefect?!?!? When I was in school, prefects were chosen 
> based on a combination of things - popularity, sure, but more 
> importantly, marks, points (official or otherwise), and above all 
> *LEADERSHIP QUALITIES*.
> > 
> Me:
> Perhaps Dumbledore is hoping to inspire leadership in Ron. Look at 
the 
> way Ron came alive in the few times he's managed to grab the 
spotlight 
> instead of Harry. When he was attacked in POA and then in OOTP 
when he 
> helped win the Quidditch game. It's not just his hair that's fiery.
> 

[...]
> 
> Cate

Also, don't forget Ron was awarded a Special Award for service to 
the school and 200 points for his part in CoS -   compared to the 
other 3 Gryffindor boys, he is the outstanding one.   It's only 
compared to Harry that he seems less qualified.   

Also, certain things make Ron looks worse than he is -- one is the 
movie.   In the first book he does quite a few things -- he is the 
one who knocks out the troll and he plays the winning chess game.   
He doesn't go around making faces.     He is a bit of a buffoon in 
CoS because of his broken wand and his terror of spiders, but that's 
really the only one where he's a big joke. 

However, he really doesn't live up to the Prefect award -- he seems 
to spend no time acting like a prefect, we never see him helping a 
1st year do anything and he won't stand up to anyone.    If it's 
going to have the effect of helping him mature, it hasn't so far.

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