Reflections of a Head Master

A schoolmaster means one who is a teacher, a coach, a guide, a mentor, and one who is totally immersed in the welfare of students. A head master should be the head teacher, the head coach, the head mentor. Far too many schools are hiring, as head masters, “experts” in fund raising or extracurricular programs or curriculum development. They are not head masters but are technicians, and for this reason they often move from school to school frequently, thereby failing to establish any permanence. . . .