HRH and their Prefect badges

[oh have faith]

No: HPFGUIDX 72121

Random:
 
> yes, he did... and that decision, which he had a good reason for, 
WAS 
> AN EXCEPTION.
> 

Faith's Girl:

> > and who's to say he was wrong?  You're assuming it was an error 
in 
> > judgment not to make Harry prefect - maybe it wasn't.
> 

Random:

> i'm not saying it was an error, i'm saying it was an EXCEPTION, 
made 
> BECAUSE OF WHO HE IS.

And Faith's Girl:

DD passing up Harry as a prefect, I don't see this really as an 
exception - the way I see it, he had to pick a certain number of 
prefects, he considered everyone, rejected most for various reasons, 
and was left with the two that he chose.  Rejecting Harry for some 
reason along with the rest of the year doesn't make him the 
exception - it makes him the norm.  Even the reason is not 
particularly exceptional - I'm sure it's a prime consideration 
how the candidate will cope with the responsibility added to their 
normal load.  

> or, as you nor i have any clue as to how the system works, it's 
quite 
> possible ordinary merit will be quite enough. can anyone with 
_real_ 
> boarding school experience weigh in? is it normal for people who 
were 
> passed over in one year to make prefect the next?

Well, my assumption wasn't entirely knee-jerk, it was based on the 
system at my old school, which was that the prefects were picked and 
that was that.  Admittedly, Hogwarts may not work like that.

My original point was that Harry shouldn't get any special treatment 
over the badge.  As I said, plenty of other people probably hoped to 
be prefects but didn't get the benefit of an explanation or a second 
chance because DD felt sorry for them.  Now, *if* Hogwarts routinely 
appoints new prefects from the higher years in this way, then it 
wouldn't be special treatment, and so I lose my objection.  But if 
they don't, then it would be, and I stand by it.  

Faith's Girl