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

[Janette]

No: HPFGUIDX 161145

>
> 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.:-)


montims:
According to wikipedia: *"Head Boy* and *Head Girl* are terms commonly used
in the British <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom> education
system <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_the_United_Kingdom>, and
in private schools <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_school> throughout
the Commonwealth <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations>.

In British schools the student body appoints a member of the highest grade
or form to perform a series of duties to help the organisation of the
school. Normally one boy (who becomes the "Head Boy") and/or one girl (who
becomes the "Head Girl") are chosen to do this. Head Boys/Girls are usually
responsible for representing the school at events, and therefore must be
good public speakers. They are often favoured by schools if they are
academic and punctual.

It is not uncommon for a series of Deputy Head Boys and/or Deputy Head Girls
to be appointed in order to help the Head Boy and Head Girl with their
duties."
It's a long time since I went to school in England, but I imagine it is
still the case that being a head boy or head girl helps you enormously to
get a good university place, or a good job.  The person has to be
responsible and well-liked, by both teachers and fellow students, otherwise
s/he wouldn't be able to keep discipline.  I didn't realise that this
position was not filled in American schools.


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