Choice of James as Head Boy (was Re: James, a paragon of virtue?)

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No: HPFGUIDX 123840


> Potioncat:
> Unless I'm mistaken, we really only know three Head Boys:  Tom 
> Riddle (chosen by Dippet), James Potter and Percy Weasley (chosen 
by 
> DD) Tom and Percy both had 12 NEWTS or was it OWLs? (Someone? 
> Anyone?)
>

Neri:
Bill Weasley was also a Head Boy, according to the lexicon 
http://www.hp-lexicon.org/wizards/bill.html

I don't think we know how many OWLs Tom had, but IIRC Bill also had 
12 OWLs, although his page in the lexicon doesn't mention it. Did I 
only dream it?

The fact that Bill and Percy were Head Boys but Charlie didn't 
suggests to me that academic record DOES counts a lot, or anyway more 
than Quidditch abilities. So James was chosen more because of his 
academic record than being a Quidditch star (although the last 
probably helped).

3 Gryffindors out of 4 known Head Boys, and all the 3 from DD's time, 
plus 1 Gryffindor Head Girl, sounds like DD's Gryffindor favoritism. 
However, this could be just an illusion created because we know so 
many more Gryffindors than students from the other houses, and much 
more closely too.  


> Potioncat, who hopes everyone appreciates her support of James

Neri:
I do ;-)