That chip you think I have on my shoulder
Dec. 16th, 2007 09:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gurdymonkeyThere's a great quote from Christine de Pisan:
"Thus, always saving both her own honor and her lord's, the good lady will not rest until she has spoken, or has had someone else speak to those who have committed the misdeed in question, alternately soothing and reproving them."
In the interest of setting some things straight vis a vis yesterday's posting, I have seen and known a great many wonderful people who just happen to have SCA peerages. I have also seen and known and borne the brunt of some incredibly shitty treatment via people who just happen to have SCA peerages ( and no, you do not get to hear who they are or what they did).
You know what? Peers are just people who have to pay the same price I do for lunch at Subway. Sometimes this means someone has to be reminded of that. Or have pointed out to him/her how something perfectly innocent appears not to be to those outside the "I Assumed You Knew" radius.
I've looked around at various people who engaged in mentor/student relationships. Some worked very well. Some were the sort of disasters involving belt flinging and cries of "Never again."
I'd much rather assign my own homework based on what interests me at any given time. I'm an adult. I really don' t feel I need someone to fill that function for me.
Why should I limit myself to picking one brain when I can pick brains all over the Known World and beyond? I have "Go To" people for almost every occasion. I think this rocks.
Do I need an advocate in a peerage council? Dear Lord, why? I'm not on a career path. I'm pursuing a hobby. If anybody sees and cares, great. If not, great.
(What do you mean, this isn't the Society for Creative Anarchy?)
"Thus, always saving both her own honor and her lord's, the good lady will not rest until she has spoken, or has had someone else speak to those who have committed the misdeed in question, alternately soothing and reproving them."
In the interest of setting some things straight vis a vis yesterday's posting, I have seen and known a great many wonderful people who just happen to have SCA peerages. I have also seen and known and borne the brunt of some incredibly shitty treatment via people who just happen to have SCA peerages ( and no, you do not get to hear who they are or what they did).
You know what? Peers are just people who have to pay the same price I do for lunch at Subway. Sometimes this means someone has to be reminded of that. Or have pointed out to him/her how something perfectly innocent appears not to be to those outside the "I Assumed You Knew" radius.
I've looked around at various people who engaged in mentor/student relationships. Some worked very well. Some were the sort of disasters involving belt flinging and cries of "Never again."
I'd much rather assign my own homework based on what interests me at any given time. I'm an adult. I really don' t feel I need someone to fill that function for me.
Why should I limit myself to picking one brain when I can pick brains all over the Known World and beyond? I have "Go To" people for almost every occasion. I think this rocks.
Do I need an advocate in a peerage council? Dear Lord, why? I'm not on a career path. I'm pursuing a hobby. If anybody sees and cares, great. If not, great.
(What do you mean, this isn't the Society for Creative Anarchy?)
