Some good news and a Challenge
I have been passed over for the forced-servitude TA position. Money has been found and I am set for the next year. I will be a TA in the Spring for a Neuroscience class for a professor I am very fond of. This will coincide with the start of the Neuroscience undergraduate program kicking off. I'm excited to be teaching again.
On that note, I taught at Kingdom Collegium. The drafting class would need a serious re-write were I to do it again. It may be best scrapped as a short class and kept as a weekend workshop with 3 people max. The discussion at the class for becoming a top fighter was awesome. It makes me very happy to have new fighters of both rapier and armored combat in the same room with White Scarves and Dukes with everyone sharing similar experiences and philosophies of learning/training/fighting. Some random chick got a Light of Atenveldt. No one knows why since Tristan had a case of brain-mouth disconnect. Regardless, my scroll is very lovely and people had nice things to say about it, so woo!
Also this weekend was polling in Mons Tonitrus. Two of my favorite people won. I know they are going to do a good job, but there is one small snag: the pirate thing. It's not that they are pirates, but they sure look like them. I've had in-depth conversations with them on the subject, and they really do want to dress in a way that will be appropriate for their station. The problem is, they have never learned how and the pool of skilled seamstresses/tailors in their Barony is very small. I've already made them a partlet and a shirt, and I'm starting work on the next set of garments. Bill is doing blackwork as I write this.
So, here is my challenge: Would you be willing to make one item for good people who would wear/use and love it? Would you make it for someone who will shortly be representing and serving their Barony? Would it be that much sweeter if you did your part to turn around piracy in Atenveldt in the process? Here is my commitment: for every item someone from outside of Mons makes them, I will make an item of clothing for them too. Who is up for the challenge?
On that note, I taught at Kingdom Collegium. The drafting class would need a serious re-write were I to do it again. It may be best scrapped as a short class and kept as a weekend workshop with 3 people max. The discussion at the class for becoming a top fighter was awesome. It makes me very happy to have new fighters of both rapier and armored combat in the same room with White Scarves and Dukes with everyone sharing similar experiences and philosophies of learning/training/fighting. Some random chick got a Light of Atenveldt. No one knows why since Tristan had a case of brain-mouth disconnect. Regardless, my scroll is very lovely and people had nice things to say about it, so woo!
Also this weekend was polling in Mons Tonitrus. Two of my favorite people won. I know they are going to do a good job, but there is one small snag: the pirate thing. It's not that they are pirates, but they sure look like them. I've had in-depth conversations with them on the subject, and they really do want to dress in a way that will be appropriate for their station. The problem is, they have never learned how and the pool of skilled seamstresses/tailors in their Barony is very small. I've already made them a partlet and a shirt, and I'm starting work on the next set of garments. Bill is doing blackwork as I write this.
So, here is my challenge: Would you be willing to make one item for good people who would wear/use and love it? Would you make it for someone who will shortly be representing and serving their Barony? Would it be that much sweeter if you did your part to turn around piracy in Atenveldt in the process? Here is my commitment: for every item someone from outside of Mons makes them, I will make an item of clothing for them too. Who is up for the challenge?