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

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> montims:
> I don't quite understand this. Hogwarts is a boarding school, but most
> schools in Britain are day schools, and ALL schools in Britain, to the 
> best
> of my knowledge, have head boys and girls, and prefects. We also had those
> in my primary school, with obviously lesser responsibilities.
>
> The wonder to me is still that American schools do not have them...

Hestia Lurkswell:
It's really no wonder to me, being a U.S. citizen born and bred. The 
education system here is modeled after the old Germanic school system; 
not the British school system. Also, U.S. schools are about 
inclusiveness not talent, thus prefects and such are rare and students 
tend to get graded on a curve rather than for their abilities and merits.

As to Hogwarts being a boarding school as opposed to a day school; 
wouldn't it make more sense to have a magical school where the students 
are kept away from the outside world in order to prevent major accidents 
and mishaps and disasters from occurring? At any rate Hogwarts is an 
ancient school, and the Wizarding World is old in it's methods. Correct 
me if I'm wrong, but weren't  boarding schools the norm in the 18th and 
19th centuries?

just my thoughts on this subject...