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Robert Maynord's avatar

I enjoyed the read! I sense that at a place such as Oxford, labels or titles for people might be very important. In your text, you mention: graduate students, porters, scouts, the dons,

the bursar, the senior tutor, the dean, the warden - all the actors on the stage. On the other hand, maybe it is just my K-8 work environment, mostly limited to students and teachers.

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Lynn Childress's avatar

Labels and titles were important and they typically came with certain privileges or access to certain resources. I was warned early on that I was being too friendly with the porters (but the warning came from my housemate/boyfriend who had supposedly heard it from the Tutor for English, so I was skeptical).

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Robert Maynord's avatar

Certain privileges or access to certain resources - such as the wine cellar!!

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David Metz's avatar

You have away with words! It makes for a very interesting story to say the least

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