ANST - A Take on Peerage and Recognition from a Newbie

[Alicia Ward]

Absolutely!

I know what you are saying about being new and young,
but i guess *sadly* i wasn't opinionated enough to say
the same thing you did.

i am horrified at all of the underlying anger and
bitterness that is demonstrated between individuals. 
i love being involved in SCA, but it's terribly
alarming to see all the conflicts between people who
have been here longer than i.  everyday when i check
my mail i am shocked and i think to myself "do i
really want to be around this?"

this is simply something i've seen and wondered about.
(it will probably make many people a tad miffed, but i
hope it will cause us to see the repulsive power of
this bitterness.)

Elena Fitzsimmons

A day without laughter is a day wasted
                 -Picasso

--- Aline Swynbrook <alineswynbrook at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Okay, I am new.  And young.  Sadly, I am also
> opinionated.  So here it goes.
> 
> I first heard of this Society through an article in
> Renaissance Magazine.  In it was a brief blip about
> common manners, and it went somethign like this:
> 
> "Treat thos of lesser rank as your equals, treat
> your
> equals as your betters, and treat your betters with
> all due reverence."
> 
> The below does no quite follow that decorum.
> <snipped>
> > > I'd like to add and elaborate here.   If they
> look
> like a Peer, If
> > > they act like a Peer, If they do whatever  they
> do
> like a Peer,They
> > > are a Peer, *whether or not the Crown EVER
> recognizes them forit*!!>
> > Oh, please -- I didn't wear my boots today.
> 
> You guys are adults.  Grow up.
> 
> During my sophomore year of high school, I served my
> school as class treasurer.  I don't know what
> possessed me, but I didn't realize how hard it would
> be.
> 
> The entire year, I worked my rear off, pulling long
> hours, picking up when others dropped, and often
> being
> ignored during recognition.  In fact, I was left out
> of the year book.
> 
> However, I would not trade that year for anything. 
> I
> made life long friends, and they all know what I
> did. 
> I didn't do it for the credit or the title.  I did
> it
> to get it done.
> 
> I don't do this for the possibility of gaining rank.
> 
> I don't know that I will be queen.  I do the things
> I
> do, SCA and otherwise, for the sure love of doing
> it. 
> Loreena McKennitt once said that when she came to
> the
> destination, it was the journey that mattered. 
> Enjoy
> the time and the event.  Make friends.  Titles and
> awards are perks, and half the time, if you do what
> makes you happy, they will come anyways.
> 
> Constructive criticism can be shared on the list. 
> Please send me flamming privately, so I may douse it
> with water, trash it, and block your address.
> 
> In Service to the Dream, and to the UHS Class of
> 2000
> (Wall Champs),
> Aline
> 
> 
> =====
> "Aveti Confidenza Al Vostro Cuore."(Trust You
> Heart.)Aline Swynbrook,
> Daughter and Apprentice to Matthew Swynbrook,
> Herb and Spice Merchant of Canterbury, in the year
> of Our Lord, 1486.
> ***********************************
> In modern times, Rebecca, history student, future
> teacher, author, and family matriarch.
> "It is neither the here, nor the now that matter. 
> It is life itself, in any form." Anonymous
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