OOP: James, headboy without having been prefect?

[Alon van Dam]

No: HPFGUIDX 65660

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "athenal15" <tonks101 at h...> 
wrote:
> 
> Alon wrote:
> From what I've heard from friends of mine 
> > who went to Brittish high-schools, this seems to make sense as 
well. 
> > Head Boys and Girls are chosen from whomever the Headmaster
> > (/mistress) believes to be most suitable. Prefects are a natural 
> > choice, but it could be anyone of the last year.
> > 
> > Hope this helps!
> > 
> > Alon
> 
> Me:
> This is true, it can be anyone from the last year (at least in most
> British highschools), but I've never heard of it happening. But 
we've
> also got to bear in mind that Hagrid isn't always the most reliable
> source of information. 
> 
> Cheers. Tonks101

Me:

True, of course... But messing up on whether someone was Head Boy or 
not is quite a big thing. Especially since JKR knows that those leads 
are all we have. I can believe Hagrid messing up dates, numbers, even 
events. But calling James a Head Boy when he wasn't seems like 
something beyond unreliability. It is, of course, possible that 
Hagrid wanted to boast Harry's parents to him, but I don't see him 
doing that with a fact that's so easy to check and disprove.

Cheers,
Alon :)