" Ron had not asked Dumbledore to give him the prefect badge. Was he, Harry, Ron's best friend in the world, going to sulk because he didn't have a badge, laugh with the twins behind Ron's back, ruin this for Ron when, for the first time, he had beaten Harry at something? "

― J.K. Rowling , Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5 - Part 2)