(And is it a truth that (simple) high school teachers are accorded the title 'professor' in the UK? I've always thought that was a bit pretentious. Certainly when reading the 'Harry becomes a DADA teacher while still a student' fan fiction stories.)
Love reading these but never comment but just have to pop in as resident Brit:
No. In Britain Professor is a title awarded to high achieving academics at university. The only way a high school teacher could be a professor is if he has already reached this rank in a university. This would be very unlikely as a professorship is generally awarded to those academics with excellent research credentials, not for teaching.
So basically I have no idea what JKR is doing there.
(Incidentally, why are some women called Madam? Madam Bones, Madam Pomfrey... Is it a title given to a woman who works but isn't a teacher? But that doesn't seem to be consistent. Like so many things.)
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Date: 2010-03-06 12:08 am (UTC)Love reading these but never comment but just have to pop in as resident Brit:
No. In Britain Professor is a title awarded to high achieving academics at university. The only way a high school teacher could be a professor is if he has already reached this rank in a university. This would be very unlikely as a professorship is generally awarded to those academics with excellent research credentials, not for teaching.
So basically I have no idea what JKR is doing there.
(Incidentally, why are some women called Madam? Madam Bones, Madam Pomfrey... Is it a title given to a woman who works but isn't a teacher? But that doesn't seem to be consistent. Like so many things.)