OOP!!! what now?/characters

[Rach]

No: HPFGUIDX 61838

Jodel says:
>>> Besides, Prefects aren't chosen for "smart", they are chosen for 
leadership abilities. ..... Harry has enough on his plate and didn't 
need that headache as well. And this goes double in spades for Head 
Boy.>>>

I found it interesting that James Potter was not a prefect but was 
chosen as Head Boy (I think I remember Hagrid telling Harry in one of 
the earlier books that his parents were Head Boy and Girl). Head Boy 
must not necessarily be chosen from among the prefects, Harry may go 
on to be head boy after all. 

It is interesting that James did become head boy given his general 
conceited manner and behaviour to Snape in the Pensieve scene - Lupin 
and Sirius did tell Harry that James' head deflated somewhat in 
seventh year - I wonder if Lily was the pure motivation or if there 
were other issues. Does this coincide with the time Sirius was living 
with James' family? (That is unless HB does actually stand for 
humungous bighead, as Fred and George pointed out when Percy was made 
head boy! James would have certainly been a candidate!)