Lupin's return

[rcraigharman at hotmail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 19267

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Rosmerta" <tmayor at m...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., Dianne Singson <dianne at s...> wrote:
> > I was just wondering, if Lupin comes back in Book 5, how will
> > Harry & co. address him? 
> 
> Unfortunately, having pointed this out, I have no answer to
> suggest.  I think there would be much awkwardness and Harry & Co.
> would wind up calling him nothing specific at all or Professor,
> even though it's no longer appropriate, just because there *is*
> this reserve that precludes a first-name basis with him.

Let me draw a "real-life" parallel....

When I was an exchange student in Germany as a senior in high school,
my host family had me assigned ahead of my arrival to a tenth grade
class at the local Gymnasium (college-prep high school, lycée).
This was partly so that I wouldn't be overwhelmed by the German 
spoken in my classes, and partly because they didn't want to pay my
bus fare, which was subsidized for students up through tenth grade.

However, my German was the best in my cohort of exchange students,
and I had already taken college-level classes in other subjects.
Accordingly, I dickered successfully to get raised to an eleventh
grade class (although the records continued to show tenth grade).

Several of my teachers recognized the awkwardness of my situation.
One of them even offered that I was more of a colleague than a student
(rather overblown on his part).  In turn, he suggested I use his
first name with him as well as the familiar form of "you" (Du).

This only lasted a few days.  In class, calling him by his first name
and using "Du" drew irritated stares from the other students.  I
couldn't deal with them thinking there was something wrong with me,
so, to his consternation, I went back to calling him "Herr Koops" and
using "Sie" like the other students did.

I think the situation would be similar here.  They may be on a first-
name basis with Remus in private, but in the classroom, it could only
be Professor Lupin.

....Craig