[Sca-cooks] Teaching in the SCA

[Stefan li Rous]

Kiri commented:

<<< Another really important part of being a good student is to  
arrive at the
class on time.  It is seriously annoying to be in the middle of a  
thought
only to have it disrupted by someone arriving late.  The courteous  
student
will arrive before the scheduled start time, locate a seat and get  
settled
(pen, paper, whatever to take notes, etc.) before the instructor  
starts. >>>

Arriving late isn't always the fault of the student. Sometimes the  
individual scheduling the event forgets that you need transit time  
between classes, even if they are in the same building or in adjacent  
tents. Perhaps it is unusual but I'm someone who often will try to  
attend three or four classes in a row and I've had many teachers  
teach right up to (or past) the time the next class is supposed to  
start. Then I find myself scurrying off to that next class hoping I  
won't be too late or disruptive.

This is also an advantage of having all classes in one area.  
Unfortunately there are other reasons not to, such as the Early  
Period Encampment at Gulf Wars being on the other side of the event  
from the class tents. Or the Middle Eastern encampment at Pennsic not  
being near the class tents. Or the problem with having classes in  
private encampments.

If the teacher fails to show up for a class I was planning on  
attending, I usually look for an alternate, if I haven't already had  
another one in mind that the original beat out. But since it often  
isn't clear that the teacher isn't going to show up for five or ten  
minutes, changing to another class already means joining it late, and  
if I have to cross the camp to get to that other class, impossible.

Another problem recently at Pennsic or maybe it was Gulf Wars, was  
even finding out where the private encampment where a class was being  
held was located.

Stefan
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