Ron as prefect?

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No: HPFGUIDX 105890

> Del :
> Not true at all. The *only* times when we see Ron refusing to back 
up
> Hermione is when she's going after the Twins. Other than that, we
> never hear Hermione complaining that Ron is not doing his job as a
> Prefect, which to me is an indication that he must be doing it. But
> Harry can't tell us that, because Harry doesn't follow Ron around to
> see what he's doing as a Prefect.
> ------------
> Arya wrote:
> Well, I might ageree with you, Del, if it weren't for JKR telling us
> herself that Ron wasn't the best prefect and didn't even know by the
> end of the year that prefects could dock points. (Referencing her
> website's FAQ page.) I just don't see Ron having taken his
> responsibilities very seriously--and you'd think for someone with 
>such ambitions as to be Head Boy one day, he might want to work a 
>bit for it.  Taking points seems to be a pretty basic principle in 
>the duty of a prefect to enforce rules but, erm, Ron never even 
>*knew* he could or should do this.  That doesn't make him look too 
>stellar with any spin you might put on it. 









  Ron became a prefect only because Dumbledore didn't want to give it 
to Harry, not because Dumbledore thought Ron would make a good 
prefect. And this was one of the mistakes that he admits to at the 
end of OotP.  McMax.