Ron as prefect?

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 105875

Del replies :
I don't have the post numbers to direct you to, but someone else will
surely post them later.

I just want to say that I am a tiny bit offended at the way you
dismiss Ron.

His grades might be ordinary, but then so are the grades of all
others, except Hermione, and Harry in DADA, as far as we know. So the
other boys would not have been better choices on that point.

No leadership qualities ? I beg to differ. Right from the first book
when Ron directs Harry and Hermione on the giant chess set, we see
that he *can* lead if he has a *reason* to. But the thing is, most of
the time, he doesn't have any reason to lead. As the youngest of the
Weasley brothers, he's used to older brothers deciding for him. And as
Harry and Hermione's friend, both leaders too, he's quite happy to
follow them in a life of fun and adventures. Everybody can't be a
leader at the same time. Ron's leadership abilities (courage,
initiative, strategy, and so on) are latent, but they are most
definitely present in him.

vmonte responds:

I agree with you Del. I've said this before -- Ron's strategist
skills will be put to use in the next 2 books when the 2nd war gets
underway. I also think that the brain attack will change Ron.
Someone posted the other day that we will never hear about the brain
attack again, and that Ron was fine. ??? Sorry, I really disagree
here.  Why put this bit in if your not going to mention it again? 
Why not have Ron get hurt some other way then.  At the end of OOTP we 
find out that according to Madam Pomfrey, "thoughts could leave 
deeper scarring than almost anything else, though since she had 
started Dr. Ubbly's Oblivious Unction, there seemed to be some 
improvement."

Is Madam Pomfrey also treating/removing memories? OBLIVIOUS unction?

vmonte