ANST - Kids

[Aine of Wyvernwood]

well, my darling dtr, who is 1/4 japanese of sumarai blood,
sat thru braveheart's bloodiest scenes yelling for them to
lop of more heads.....I just slid a little further down in
my seat trying to pretend I did not know her.

Her brother in Social Studies class studying the Norman
Conquest, raised his hand to correct the teacher when she
refered to William the Conqueror he corrected her and said
he was known as Duke William to some and William the Bastard
to others....I had to collect him at the office.

Then there was the time he was given the task to write a
paper on ''gods and goddess' ''  none were specifically
given, so he wrote about the Goddess Danu and the Tuatha de
Danaan.  His teacher went ballistic, had a fit, 'why this
are pagan goddess.  ''Well yes, they are, btw, do _you_ know
what pagan means?''  the teacher had apparently wanted
something on either greek or roman gods/goddess'.  My son
calmly explained that he was neither Greek nor Italian but
Saxon, Welsh and German.  At that point the teacher was
confused and upset, she then told him ''that, that, that,
they are so uncivilized."' My 12 yr old replied, ''define
civilized please.""  I again had to go collect him in the
office.    I had to explain both times that we belonged to a
medieval reenactment group.....sigh....

> Just for grins...who else has stories about our SCA kids?
> I have a favorite.  When Master Cadwallader's daughter was
> in about the third grade, they were walking in a line down
> the hall.  Several teachers were standing and discussing
> their units on the Middle Ages and one mentioned the word
> "Saxon."  Tonya immediately said, "Saxons?
> PPPHHTTTOOEY!"  Then she spits in the floor and keeps
> right on walking.  I was there to pick up my son...it was
> great seeing Lady Rowena try to explain that one! One of
> my other favorites involves the same young darling and my
> son.  We had bear pit wrestling at the Children's event
> some years ago.  They laid out a tarp and the object was
> to push the other one off.  Unfortunately, our two had
> been watching WWF.  We looked up to see a fist flying,
> hair pulling, teeth barred, screaming, bloody free for
> all.  It took several minutes to get enough of us to stop
> laughing long enough to pull them apart.  Best part
> was...Tonya was winning!    Now...it's pretty funny.
> Then....it was hilarious!


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