[Sca-cooks] apprenticeship

[Michael Gunter]

>It kinda grates me a little to think of the fact
>that if I want any kind of "recognition" in the SCA,
>I'd have to apprentice again.  Also, I admit my
>near total ignorance of how a cooking apprenticeship
>in the SCA involves.

Sometimes it doesn't matter if your individual skill
is great. Part of the student/teacher relationship in
the SCA is about becoming a bigger part of the SCA than
just your art. Apprentiships/Squires/Proteges/Cadets..etc
are more than learning the art. They are about learning
to become Peers and teachers themselves.

Peers are more than the art they excel in. They are the
problem solvers, the committees, hopefully the ones that
others aspire to be. They must know how the kingdom works
and be able to step in when things go to hell. The apprentiship
relationship helps build those bonds. It also gives access
that a non-apprentice may not have.

I do believe that someone can become a Peer and not be in
a student relationship but for many the student/teacher bond
is quite vital. If a candidate is brought up for knighthood
I don't care if he is a squire or not. If he fulfills the
aspects of knighthood I look for then I'll give a positive
vote. But many times a hot stick will be rejected for the
accolade simply because skill in the lists alone does not
make a knight. In the same way, a great cook is not a Laurel.
I hope this may shed a different perspective on the matter.

>Muiredach mac Loloig
>Rokkehealden Shire
>aka
>Nicolas Steenhout

Yers,

Gunthar

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