More Questions.

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 85135

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:

Tonks: 
> > ... Hagrid ... tells Harry that his mum and dad were Head Boy and 
Head
> > Girl. I know we only have one instance (of headboy) in canon- 
Percy,
> > that we can directly derive any fact. So, if DD made Lupin 
prefect for
> > his year, why would he derail from this decision ...and appoint 
James 
> > as Head Boy? 
> >

> 
> 
> bboy_mn:
> 
> Pure speculation, we need our Brit school experts to weigh in on 
this
> one, but I concluded that Head Boy was based on different objectives
> than Prefect.
> 

As other posters have remarked Prefect systems vary. I went to an all-
boys state grammar school - not a public school. There, the Prefects 
were on the Sixth Form and were appointed as School Prefects; the 
question of houses was not addressed. It was done on merit and, 
interestingly, the existing Prefect body was also consulted when new 
folk were being appointed. The School Captain (equivalent to Head 
Boy) was appointed from within the Prefect body.

Geoff