[HPforGrownups] Master of This School

[Suzanne Chiles]

No: HPFGUIDX 111739

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 06:59:41 -0600, Sherry Gomes
<sherriola at earthlink.net> wrote:
> zendemort [mailto:zendemort at yahoo.co.uk]
> 
> Actually, I believe that in England, it used to be common to call a teacher
> master.  Even in the New Testament, when the disciples of Jesus refer to him
> as master, it means teacher.  I don't know if it was ever done the same way
> in the US.  I can't think of any literature right now with a teacher called
> Master.

Indeed, as I was reading this thread earlier today, I was also
watching an Inspector Morse story set at Oxford, which had a major
character who was the master of his college and was addressed as
Master by everyone. As Master, he seemed to be the head academic
faculty member at his college. It seemed to me that Snape as the
Potions Master made perfect sense in a similar context.

Suzanne
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