Re: ¿Were James Potter & Lily Evans really Head-Boy & Head-Girl?

[nirupama76]

No: HPFGUIDX 178789

> Ceridwen wrote:
> Can't help with the interview, sorry.  But I do have an idea of 
why 
> James became Head Boy.  Ron and Hermione were Prefects for 
Gryffindor.  
> Harry was the Quidditch captain.  He gets the same sorts of 
privileges 
> as the Prefects.  I suggest that Quidditch captains could also be 
> considered for Head Boy or Head Girl, and that James was Captain 
of the 
> Gryffindor Quidditch team in school.

Niru writes:

But why would we assume that one has to be a Prefect or a Quidditch 
captain to be made Head Boy/Girl? There's no canon to suggest that 
this is the case. It may be common practise for a lot of schools but 
nowhere does it say that being a Prefect or equal is a pre-requisite 
for Head boy/Girl-ship at Hogwarts. 

Real-life example: At my school, the Head Girl and Prefects were 
chosen by popular vote after their candidateship had been approved 
by the staff and Headmistress. The only pre-requisite here was that 
the potential candidates had to have reasonably good grades (so that 
the added responsibility wouldn't get them to flunk out!), good 
behavior, and had to be approved by the teachers and Headmistress. 
The girl who became Head Girl in my year had transferred to the 
school only a year before and certainly wasn't a Prefect or captain 
of any of the school sports teams.

- Niru