[HPforGrownups] Re: OOP~ What was Dumbledore thinking?

[Carol Bainbridge]

No: HPFGUIDX 65759

I was expecting much more debate about this.   I have wondered a great deal 
about this and haven't come up with a single idea.  If Dumbledore was so 
careful about his choice of Ron over Harry, saying that Harry had enough to 
worry about without being made a prefect, wouldn't it also stand to reason 
that making Draco a prefect would give Harry even more to worry about, 
particularly if he is also not a prefect?  The logic of this just escapes 
me.  I can't believe that the 5th years are all worse than Draco.  I mean, 
I can understand not appointing Crabb or Goyle, but is there no one 
else?  I don't think that Dumbledore thinks that this appointment is going 
to redeem Draco in any way.  Draco is the type of git who abuses power and 
giving him more power is likely to make him even more abusive, not less.

I'd love to hear more about this.

At 01:00 AM 6/23/2003, you wrote:
>Rhianyn mewses:
>
>Has anyone else wondered what on earth Dumbledore was thinking when he made
>Draco a prefect?  Surely he didn't think Draco could be trusted not to abuse
>the privilege/power?  If Draco's the best of the lot for Slytherin 5th 
>years it
>must be a very very bad lot indeed.  Or is it a hint that DD thinks the evil
>little git might be redeemable?

Carol Bainbridge
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