[Ansteorra] Teaching on-or-off topic

[J. B.]

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HUH????

I didn't realize we had checklists somewhere.  On what planet did this originate?

Bia

(not pissed off, just totally bemused)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Dewart" <gilli at hot.rr.com>
To: <ansteorra at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 3:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Teaching on-or-off topic


> Well, here I go.  This will torque some folks I'm sure, cool.  But according
> to my sources, demos, while useful in my opinion, are "outside" the SCA and
> don't count.  That's right, go to as many as you want, but they won't count
> toward recognition..  I think that, to be blunt, SUCKS.
>
> We have lots of great, wonderful folks, who bust their buns doing demos of
> all types across the Kingdom and it doesn't count.  Not that these selfless
> people do it for recognition.  They don't.  They do it because they LOVE it.
>
> However, they should get recognition.  It should count.  Argggggggggg.
>
> Gilli
> Shoot more arrows.  You're bound to hit something.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <DonnelShaw at aol.com>
> To: <ansteorra at ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 12:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Teaching on-or-off topic
>
>
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> > Mahee is right. As teachers we are more likely to be the ones attending
> the
> > demos. I am more inclined to go to a demo than an event. Why? Simple. To
> > Teach.  We are an educational group. We like to learn different things but
> > that also means someone has to teach. Weather it is from the person who
> wrote
> > a book or the person that tells you that little fact that makes everything
> > worth while. Teachers are an interracial part of the SCA we either started
> in
> > college and became teachers or later in life became teachers. If you take
> a
> > roll call you will find there are many teachers in the SCA. They are a
> vital
> > part of our SCA society. It is their service mentality that helps us grow.
> >
> > We talk about wanting our SCA groups to grow. To recruit new people. Think
> > about it. If we as SCAers were not learning and growing would we still be
> > here? Who helps with that learning? A teacher Certified or uncertified.
> When
> > a person takes a squire, page, apprentice, student, prodigies they are
> > agreeing to teach that person. That person wants to learn. (I hope) This
> is
> > how we keep people. Then we do demos to find and teach new people look to
> see
> > who is at the demos. I can tell you this it is not always the same one's
> who
> > are at events that same weekend. It is not that we don't want to go to the
> > events. But that the calling to teach is stronger.
> >
> > Personally I believe that our future is in doing demos for the children. I
> do
> > demos each year in my child's classroom. I demo each day in my classroom.
> I
> > try and teach the values that have become important. I found my self
> saying
> > "Honor is doing the right thing when no one is looking." Wonder where I
> got
> > that...... I try and make time in the summers or weekends for other demos
> if
> > my personal life allows. (I now have my own children and their
> activities.)
> > In doing these demo we plant seed. It will not be an immediate reward or
> > recruitment but a future one. I attended the first TRF in 4th grade. The
> seed
> > was planted. It did not come to sprout till I was 19. Many others have
> stated
> > similar stories.
> >
> > Now I need to talk about our own children. SCA has grown and changed over
> the
> > years. Most of us started as college students. And we had fun! It is
> amazing
> > how little we took to events back then.:) But as the years have passed
> most
> > of use now have children. The events are not quiet like they were. And
> > sometimes I am thankful. But we also have to remember our children and
> plant
> > the seed there as well. Teach them the skills they will need to be
> > productive. We are doing a better job than 10 years ago and are still
> > striving to do better.
> >
> > So listening/reading about what a teacher goes threw and how they think is
> > important and on topic. It will also help you to understand why most of us
> > are not around in Aug or a little on the short side. But at the end of May
> or
> > early June you see us at events being wild for a change.  It will help you
> to
> > understand why we speak the way we do (If you ever notice I am big on eye
> > contact and I usually touch the other persons arm. This is habit to keep
> the
> > child's attention) and we are not normal till Sat evening. Or that we talk
> > your ear off because you are an adult :)
> >
> > And why am I responding? To help others understand. To Teach.
> > Donnel
> >
> > In a message dated 11/17/02 8:57:04 AM Central Standard Time,
> > mahee_of_acre at yahoo.com writes:
> >
> > > Actually much of the teacher conversation directly affects the SCA,
> because
> > > simular thought and feelings go with demos. I have done a lot of demos,
> in
> > > schools, scout camps, and TRF. The next guy over says, "well, I did not
> > > join the SCA to do demos." Basically they said that they did not join
> the
> > > SCA to be a teacher. I do not fault them for this. Please, do not think
> I
> > > am.
> > > But, much of the feelings discussed here should enlighten you as to the
> > > feels felt by the people who have given up going to Crown Tourney
> because
> > > the demo near their home every year, or those who you do not see at
> events
> > > all TRF season because they are selflessly sharing their time answering
> > > questions and teaching skills to strangers at demos.
> > >
> >
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