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Oct. 26th, 2009 06:42 pmRumor - and it IS rumor until it gets announced somewhere more official than someone's LJ - has it that next year the West will only have one kingdom Collegium, in the fall.
For those who are already embroiled in the wailing and gnashing of teeth, all I can say is "welcome to my world." The world where you're damned lucky if one person shows up to the class you've offered to teach and no fair whining that you drove X number of hours and spent Y on the trip or class materials or whatever, because your passion just happens to be the narrow niche.
The world where you teach where you can, when you can, official kingdom schedule be damned.
The world where I used to eat the cost of handouts in the vain hope (and it WAS vain) that people would actually use said handouts to sing medieval songs at events without me.
The world where I announced that I would be available at the convenience of ANY student at the A&S Tourney to help them put together kosode for the Fettburg Midsummer Feast? I got one taker, she got garb she could wear. Compare that to the teeming droves who showed up for the 14th c. cooking project at Mists Coronet. Feel better?
The world where 98% of the teaching I do is over the internet.
For those who are already embroiled in the wailing and gnashing of teeth, all I can say is "welcome to my world." The world where you're damned lucky if one person shows up to the class you've offered to teach and no fair whining that you drove X number of hours and spent Y on the trip or class materials or whatever, because your passion just happens to be the narrow niche.
The world where you teach where you can, when you can, official kingdom schedule be damned.
The world where I used to eat the cost of handouts in the vain hope (and it WAS vain) that people would actually use said handouts to sing medieval songs at events without me.
The world where I announced that I would be available at the convenience of ANY student at the A&S Tourney to help them put together kosode for the Fettburg Midsummer Feast? I got one taker, she got garb she could wear. Compare that to the teeming droves who showed up for the 14th c. cooking project at Mists Coronet. Feel better?
The world where 98% of the teaching I do is over the internet.
The world with students who aren't even IN the SCA. The cosplayers. The reenactors in Moscow. The fellow in Milan.
If you really, REALLY want to teach, you will.
