James, Lupin, and the Head Boy Badge (was: More Questions.)

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No: HPFGUIDX 85203

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" 
<justcarol67 at y...> wrote:
> Abigail wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> Whether or not Headship is an academic distinction, I find 
> > it hard to believe that it would be bestowed on a trouble-maker - 
if
> that were 
> > the case, why didn't Fred or George become Head Boy?  They're 
both 
> > prodigiously talented wizards, as we can see from their ingenious
> methods 
> > of resistance at the end of OOP. 
> 
> They're prodigiously talented but not academically inclined. Note 
that
> they drop out before they take their N.E.W.T.S. and receive only 
three
> O.W.L.S. apiece as compared with Percy's three, so they're not
> candidates for Head Boy even if it's an appointed position and not
> automatic, as I suspect it to be. And even if they were inclined in 
a
> direction other than mischief, I think they'd have been passed over 
as
> Prefects because either one twin would be chosen over the other
> (imagine the jealousy of the twin who wasn't chosen and the breach 
in
> their till then nearly frictionless relationship) or there'd be a
> duplication of office. (Does this mean that Lee Jordan was the 
prefect
> for their year? Can't be. We never see him in that capacity. There
> must be some other Gryffindor boy of their age who's not mentioned.)
> 
> Carol

I'm sorry if I've missed this questio being answered at some point, 
but there's one thing that confuses me.  Back in PS, hagrid said 
harry's parents were head boy and girl in their time, but in OofP, 
sirius says James wasn't a prefect - so can non-prefects become head 
boy?  It is usually a continuation -  head b/g chosen from the 6 
prefects in the last year of school.

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