Ron as Head Boy ( was ...My guess about book 7)

[Steve]

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---  "Stacey Nunes-Ranchy" <Aixoise at ...> wrote:
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> Cindy wrote:
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> <snip> Ron will be head boy. Hermione will be head girl.
> Mcgonnagall will be new head mistress. <snip>
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> Stacey:
> I've always wondered about the Head Boy position.  I 
> can't recall if the qualifications for this position are 
> mentioned in the books but, as much as I like Ron ..., 
> academically at least I don't think Ron outshines Harry 
> or any of the other boys.   If academics are a major
> qualification, I don't know that we can count on Ron for
> Head Boy. Personally, I was surprised when he became a 
> prefect.  
> 

bboyminn:

Personally, I have always taken 'Head Boy' to mean 'BEST'
boy. In other words, the best all around boy in the school.
That certainly included academics, so in that sense, it is
like Valedictorian or Summa Cum Laude. But I think it goes
beyond that to, as I said, best all around student. 

Ron, and Harry for that matter, are certainly no great 
shakes when it comes to studies, certain far from the 
catagory of James, Sirius, Severus, and Tom, who we are 
lead to believe were all brilliant.

But Harry and Ron have clearly and repeatedly proven 
themselves to be above and beyond all the other students
in other ways. While all the other boys slept soundly in
their beds, Harry and Ron were out there time and time
again fearlessly fighting the forces of evil, and more
importantly surviving and winning. That MUST count for
something. They have both shown themselves superior in
that way; determination, courage, bravery, loyalty, etc...

Further, keep in mind, it's not the /best/ boy who ever
lived; it's the best boy in the school /at this time/. 
Harry may fall far short of James, but he is leagues ahead
of Dean and Seamus. Academically, Ernie might be a good 
candidate, but beyond get good grades, what has Ernie
ever done? Where was he when the Death Eaters attacked the
castle? Where was he when Tom captured Ginny? 

So, considering all that, it is possible that either Ron
or Harry will be Best/Head Boy.

Now Harry said he wasn't going to go back to school and
Ron implied that he and Hermione would follow Harry. So,
they said they weren't going back to school, but that
strikes me as more of a thought than a plan. Meaning the
situation could change. It is conceivable that if the
school is willing to grant 'special circumstances' to
the Trio, that they might be enticed to come back to 
school. Those special circumstances would be that they
don't waste time on boring classes. That they are directly
tutored by the teachers in the specific things they need
to know to attack and solve the Voldemort problem, and
that they be able to come and go as they please. Perhaps
a few other special circumstances, but you get the general
idea. In a sense, they would simply be making their
'headquarters' at school because that is where all the
resources they are going to need are going to be located.

So, while Harry said he wasn't going to return to the 
school as a student, I don't think we can really rule out
the possibility until we actually see it happen.

Final point; keep in mind that 'not returning to the school
/as a student/' does not mean 'not returning to the school'.
Certainly Harry will return to Hogwarts several times, just
not as a student.

> Stacey :  
> 
> ...  As for McGonnagall, although I would very much like
> to see her as headmistress, I have some suspicions that 
> the MOM *WILL* send in someone else and that her position
> was merely for the interim.  I just can't imagine them 
> giving in to the fact that they have lost control and 
> stepping down in the decision making/governing power.  
> 
> JMO, of course,
> 
> Stacey  

bboyminn:

One last small minor point on McGonnagal being Headmistress.
Hogwarts is a private school; private in the USA sense, that
it is privately run rather than government controlled. It is
actually run, in the absents of a headmaster, but the Board
of Governors, and it is they, not the Ministry, who will 
appoint the next Master of the school. 

Though I admit, it is possible that the government may try
to force a particular preference for School Master onto the
Board of Governors, it is, in the end, the Governors choice.

Personally, I suspect and hope that McGonnagall will be the
knew Headmistress.

Steve/bboyminn