[MR] Queen's Corner

[Becky McEllistrem]

I expect any associate to have the goal of becoming a peer one day if they officially associate with a peer/household.  I admire all associates that don't have the need to brag about being an associate as if it's a position of its own.

I have no issues with someone striving to be a peer.  I have issues with people regularly whining to anyone that they're not peers feeling entitled to recognition they don't have.  Having been a lady for 20 years I'm not impressed by this attitude at all.

Course we all go through burnout phases but those usually pass pretty quickly.  Long term burnout phases worry me.


Rebecca




--- On Sat, 6/21/08, richardfitzgilbert at jcsussman.org <richardfitzgilbert at jcsussman.org> wrote:

> From: richardfitzgilbert at jcsussman.org <richardfitzgilbert at jcsussman.org>
> Subject: Re: [MR] Queen's Corner
> To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Date: Saturday, June 21, 2008, 12:08 PM
> I expect a squire to actively be working towards becoming a
> knight.  It's
> part of the job description.  I admire any other fighter
> trying to do the
> same thing.  When we talk about fighters in the
> knight's circles, fighters
> get praise for their effort towards becoming a knight even
> if those efforts
> are not yielding great results yet.
> 
> It may be said by some people that some person only does
> service because
> they want a Pelican but I've never heard such a
> statement amongst the
> Pelicans themselves.  I may have missed such a thing but I
> don't think so.  
> 
> I may be in a minority in this, but I have no problem with
> someone striving
> to be a peer, no matter the peerage they are striving to
> reach.
> 
> Yours in Service to Atlantia
> Richard Fitzgilbert
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: atlantia-bounces at atlantia.sca.org
> [mailto:atlantia-bounces at atlantia.sca.org] On Behalf Of
> Matthew (MoB)
> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 1:28 PM
> To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Subject: Re: [MR] Queen's Corner
> 
> >>>So, I have heard that if a person does art and
> wants to be a Laurel or if
> a
> person does service and wants to be a Pelican someday,
> people have been know
> to say “The only reason they do XXX is to become a
> peer”  BUT, a person is
> not faulted if they fight and say “I plan to be a Knight
> someday”.  Why is
> that?
> 
> --- Wow!! I am a knight aspirant. I wear my red belt to let
> everyone know
> it. Protégés are taken to demonstrate their desire to
> aspire in their chosen
> field. It is obvious by these actions that the candidate is
> demonstrating at
> least two things, a desire to learn and a desire to one day
> represent that
> particular area of interest within the Society. 
> 
> Personally, I can't agree with the statement that
> "a person is not faulted"
> for wanting to be a Knight. I have been told "the only
> reason I do the
> things I do is to one day be knighted", my courtesy
> has been challenged with
> comments like "it's all and act", and my
> favorite "I'm fake". So........ I
> would say the contrary in particular with the path of
> Knighthood.
> 
> Rest assured, no matter what color my belt is I will
> continue to conduct
> myself knightly, be courteous in my manner and forthright
> in my bearing.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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