CHAPTER DISCUSSION PS/SS 8 THE POTIONS MASTER

[crbrett at blueyonder.co.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 188274

 Thank you for your warm welcome.

Alla asks if I could clarify "whether the title of Master has 
anything to do with the skill of the teacher or if it is just 
a title that means nothing beside the fact that such a person 
teaches in the school"

Whilst there was a hierarchy in the sense of the Headmaster and 
his Deputy there were also Heads of Department but I suspect it 
was just a term for a teacher as we not only had a Latin Mistress 
but also a Games Mistress etc and a Chemistry Master and a Games 
Master. Geoff is right in saying that the terms Schoolmaster and 
Schoolmistress were very common at one time being overtaken by 
teacher later.

Also I have to say I don't think Snape was massaging his ego 
he was stating a fact. He was the Potions Master of the school, 
although undoubtedly proud of being so.

Chris