[HPforGrownups] Re:Prefect Ron (was DD on the Dursleys).

[Shaun Hately]

No: HPFGUIDX 151193

On 20 Apr 2006 at 1:49, cass_da_sweet wrote:

> I thought that giving Prefect to Ron was a logical choice.(Once I 
> knew why Harry didn't get it) Compared to his fellow Griffindors Ron 
> is the better choice. No he's not as intelligent as Hermione but 
> neither are the others. As Steven1965 has said Ron has 
> accomplished a lot and none of the other Griffindors,with the 
> exception of Harry, have Special Awards for Services to the 
> School.

It's also important to realise that in real schools, a prefect isn't 
always appointed to the job because they are necessarily ready for 
it. Remember that we are talking about a school - a place where 
people are learning to do things, a place where they are improving 
themselves - and in such an environment it is perfectly legitimate, 
and actually not all that uncommon for someone to be appointed as a 
prefect in the belief that they will rise to the occasion. I know - 
it happened to me.

And at Hogwarts where you seem to have a situation of multi-age 
prefects, this is even more reasonable than in many schools which 
don't have such a system - because there's four experienced prefects 
around to ensure there's time for the inexperienced ones to come 
into their own. And with Hermione, who seems very competent from the 
start, that really means there's five.

Honestly I have to say that my biggest problem with what we see in 
Order of the Phoenix is that whoever the senior Gryffindor prefects 
are, they seem to be leaving an awful lot to Hermione and Ron. 
There's no way I would leave the twins to two prefects who were 
younger than they were - especially not when one of them is their 
younger brother. I think Hermione handles them well (threatening to 
inform their mother was a master stroke) but the issue shouldn't 
have arisen. It isn't Ron's performance that concerns me - but 
whoever else is around in that House.

There's also, as has been mentioned, the TOGA principle to be 
considered. The Only Guy Available. There's only five boys in 
Gryffindor fifth year and one of the five has to have the badge. If 
Harry is ruled out of contention, Ron does seem to me the next best 
choice. Neville post Order of the Phoenix is another contender - but 
not the Neville we see before that year in my view.



Yours Without Wax, Dreadnought
Shaun Hately | www.alphalink.com.au/~drednort/thelab.html
(ISTJ)       | drednort at alphalink.com.au | ICQ: 6898200 
"You know the very powerful and the very stupid have one
thing in common. They don't alter their views to fit the 
facts. They alter the facts to fit the views. Which can be 
uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that 
need altering." The Doctor - Doctor Who: The Face of Evil
Where am I: Frankston, Victoria, Australia