Head Boy
- Richard Savage
- Oct 7, 2024
- 2 min read
Have you seen or read Harry Potter?
And do you remember the š½šæš²š³š²š°šš at the school?
Well, they actually exist.

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I know because...
You see...
š šøš¢š“ š°šÆš¦ š°š§ šµš©š¦š®.
Not in Harry Potter, Iām afraid, but IRL.
(Before āIRLā was even a thing!)
And my school was scarily like Hogwarts.
(ššŖšÆš¶š“ šµš©š¦ š¤š¢š“šµšš¦ š¢šÆš„ š®š¢šØšŖš¤ š¢šÆš„ š„š³š¢šØš°šÆš“ š¢šÆš„ š„š¦š®š¦šÆšµš°š³š“.)
šŖ We had the same tie (same as Gryffindor anyway).
šŖ We had school houses.
šŖ We slept in dorms.
šŖ We played quidditch.
šŖ We were allowed to go into the local village.
Yes, I went to a boarding school (not one of the posh ones!) š
So, for the uninitiated, prefects are like the police of the school.
šš©š¦šŗ š¢š³š¦ šµš©š¦ š¤š©š°š“š¦šÆ š§š¦šø.
ā They have the power to make you go outside at break time.
ā They have the power to make you get to class on time.
ā They have the power to make you follow the roolz.
Okay, so like the police with really crap powers. šØ
And the prefects at my school had a leader.
In fact they had two: Head Boy and Head Girl.
Guess who was šš²š®š± šš¼š in my year?
ā¢ šš© š“šµš°š±, šŗš°š¶āšš š®š¢š¬š¦ š®š¦ š£šš¶š“š©! š
And the perks of being Head Boy?
Wellā¦
š”ļø You get a badge.
And you⦠umā¦you get⦠um... a badge.
(and yes, the photo is my actual badge)
Oh, and youāre the boss of the prefects.
So thereās that, I supposeā¦
And thatās about it really.
šš° š£š¦ š©š°šÆš¦š“šµ, š š„š°šÆāšµ š³š¦š®š¦š®š£š¦š³ š¢ šØš³š¦š¢šµ š„š¦š¢š š¢š£š°š¶šµ šŖšµ.
ā So, how does that relate to my life and work today? ā
It doesnāt really, except that it reminds me that titles and badges donāt really mean anything.
Itās what you do that counts.
šš¼ ššµš² ššµš¶š»š“!
Peace!
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