[Ansteorra] Teaching on-or-off topic

Bob Dewart gilli at hot.rr.com
Sun Nov 17 13:26:23 PST 2002


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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