[HPforGrownups] Re: Ron as Head Boy ( was ...My guess about book 7)

[Magpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 161137

> bboyminn:
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> 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.

Magpie:
I hope this isn't the way best boy is chosen.  It seems wrong to hold up one 
person as fundamentally better than other kids, be it Percy or Harry.  It 
seems more like something that's chosen for specific qualities that are part 
of that job.  I'm sure a lot of people who are no longer in school would 
laugh at the idea that the kids involved in school stuff in a certain way 
were the best.  I can't imagine that Harry's so much better suited for 
duties of Head Boy than Ernie MacMillan--since I doubt worshipping his 
person is one of the things that's expected.:-)

Personally, I'd imagine the last year really might not be at school.  We've 
seen Harry has to leave school to hunt the Horcruxes, he never leaves when 
he's a student, Malfoy and Snape are both away from the school.  Who's going 
to drive the plot at school without those two? Does Harry have time to fight 
with a new DADA teacher?  I think he'll go where the story is, not hang 
around just for this stuff.  If she were at school I imagine she'd have to 
stick with the Quidditch, which we know is over. I can't imagine they won't 
ever got to Hogwarts at all, but it seems odd to suggest that Harry's going 
to take a year off (knowing Snape and Malfoy are on the run) and then just 
take it back the next year.

-m