James, a paragon of virtue? Was: Why Do You Like Sirius?

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Shaun Hately wrote:
> 
> The office of Head Boy and Head Girl have often in real life 
> schools required a reasonable level of academic achievement, but 
> they actually tend to be based on multiple factors, not single 
> ones. They tend to be 'all rounder' types - those who are good at a 
> lot of things, though perhaps not the *best* at any one of those 
> things.
> <sniP>

Apologies for misinterpreting you. So I guess this leaves me with the 
Marauder's Map, McGonagall's "exceedingly bright" and 
DD's "extraordinary achievement" as canon for James' academic 
excellence, and we have to think about additional reasons why DD 
appointed him Head Boy.
 
Neri