[Sca-cooks] Re: pennsic class

[JAMES REVELLS]

Hej!
    I got a message the other day about teaching at Pennsic that bothered me
here it is below, with my opinion of this change below it:

Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 8:51 AM
Subject: [Medievalacademy] [SCA-Bridge-Chat] FYI...Class signup change for
Pennsic (fwd)


> A Big Change for Pennsic Classes.  Please take note!
>
> Dianaim
> ----------------------  Forwarded Message:  ---------------------
> From:    "Elisabeth Borden" <LdyElisabeth at cox.net>
> To:      <sca-Bridge-Chat at yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [SCA-Bridge-Chat] FYI...Class signup change for Pennsic
> Date:    Wed, 25 Feb 2004 07:19:39 -0500
>
> From the Pennsicwar.org website:
>
> " There will be no signup for classes. Classes will be entirely done on a
> first-come, first-served basis.
>
> After 8 years of doing prior signup for classes, a new idea is being
tested.
> This will be easier for the students, who no longer have to get up at
> 0-dark-thirty to stand in line in the rain or the heat, or miss classes
due
> to the afternoon sign-up.
> This will also make life easier for the teachers. They will no longer have
> to pick up class lists at A&S Point prior to their class. They will no
> longer be obligated to lead students to private camps. However, they will
be
> obligated to write out DETAILED DIRECTIONS to the camp where the class is
> being held once they arrive on site. This can be done when the teachers
> check-in at A&S Point.
>
> The teachers will be allowed to limit the number of handouts or kits
> available. However, they will be obligated to take any extra students
> waiting for their class as auditors, unless this is a safety issue. If
this
> is the case, please make a note on the application to teach mentioning the
> maximum number of auditors you are willing to take.
>
> The procedure for this will be simple. Just line up outside the A&S tent
> that the class will be held in prior to the class. If the class is being
> held in a private camp, the students must get directions at A&S Point.
>
> Please remember that this is an experiment. It is the first time that this
> has been tried. There will probably be some frustrations for a few
students
> or teachers, but we believe that this will be a welcome idea for the great
> majority. "
>
> Elisabeth
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Lady Elisabeth Borden
> Barony of the Bridge, EK

> Greetings, M'Lady,
>     As far as the classes taught in the A&S tents this sounds like a good
> idea, however from my standpoint as a person who runs a small hands on
class
> in a private camp this idea sounds like a bad one.  Because the class I do
> involves liquid metals, I limit the number of people in the class to the
> maximum that will safely fit in the camp.  If I had been forced to accept
> all the people who wanted to audit the class on Viking Clay Mold Casting
> last year there would have been an additional 20 people in the camp-which
> would have upset the camp members & been unsafe as well, or I would have
> spent a large part of the morning telling people that the class was full &
> no more auditors are allowed.  It is possible that if you had the teachers
> who are teaching in a private camp meet the students at A&S point & go
from
> there to the private camp your plan might work, but as you have it planed
> now it would be a nightmare for me.  If there is not a modification to the
> current plan I will likely not teach this year, since I would like to camp
> with Stonemarche again next Pennsic.
> Thank you for your attention,
> Olaf of Trollhiemsfjord