Lupin's return

[larryngocnguyen at hotmail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 19319

I can really relate to this:
I have a band teacher, steven Guerra, who I've gotten to be real good 
friend's with and I know his best friend,Scott grant because HE's my 
trombone teacher. IN school, its respectful to call any teacher Mr or 
Mrs. But when I'm shooting the shit wor jammin with any of these guys 
after school or out of school, it has be "Steve" or"Scott" it 
decreases the awkwardness significantly, by not really showing 
disrespect because you show it to them at school, a place where 
students are barred from teachers by social levels, but a 
familiarity, through the first name outside of school.
      the rarely seen, Larry Nguyen


--- In HPforGrownups at y..., rcraigharman at h... wrote:
> --- 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