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How a Knight Shall be Armed - 4th grade style
Joshua Santana:
--- Quote ---You should come to the Twin Cities and study at Augsburg College. It’s one of only a handful of colleges that offer an undergraduate degree in Medieval Studies (and just minutes from the Arms & Armor shop).
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I would love to study there however I stick here in NJ and will be so, but I am attending Kean University at Ocean County College which does have Bachelor Degree courses in Medieval and Renaissance Studies. I am excited to take those courses but I am looking at other universities, thank you Sir Rodney.
--- Quote ---Well, it could kill an entire school district, hell, the whole town- it just needs someone to wield it in such a manner! I'm kidding too...but your point is made, Sir Wolf. Ridiculously alarmist times we live in.
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Indeed, I suppose that is why they would not allow a demonstration of Medieval or Renaissance Martial Arts because it involves violence and weapons (things they would be "alarmed") at the same time I feel they are not allowing children room to allow their sense of individualism to grow because we want to play safe. That is the price paid for freedom exchanged for safety and comfort. I would be fortunate if i started a HEMA Study Group at my University.
Thorsteinn:
:)
Sir Edward:
That's something that really bothers me about the direction that the public school system has gone. This "zero tolerance policy" against violence is just plain stupid when it starts interfering with education. You can't sweep thousands of years of war under the rug in the name of safety. First of all, it doesn't help in any tangible way, and secondly you end up ignoring a huge part of history.
Sir William:
Zero tolerance started out with good intentions...but somewhere along the way it got tied up with its own ruleset. Like the kid who got suspended because his Mom gave him a cake knife w/his bday cake so he could share it with his classmates...it is almost like school administrators have done away with critical thinking and decided to blindly follow the rules because its easier and takes what should be their responsibility away from them. I could go all year with this.
Joshua Santana:
--- Quote ---That's something that really bothers me about the direction that the public school system has gone. This "zero tolerance policy" against violence is just plain stupid when it starts interfering with education. You can't sweep thousands of years of war under the rug in the name of safety. First of all, it doesn't help in any tangible way, and secondly you end up ignoring a huge part of history.
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Excatly! That is exactly why! If they don't know the truth, how would they be prepared to learn? Same thing applies to self-defense and martial arts, you cannot defend yourself without fighting and you cannot fight without defending yourself.
--- Quote ---Zero tolerance started out with good intentions...but somewhere along the way it got tied up with its own ruleset. Like the kid who got suspended because his Mom gave him a cake knife w/his bday cake so he could share it with his classmates...it is almost like school administrators have done away with critical thinking and decided to blindly follow the rules because its easier and takes what should be their responsibility away from them. I could go all year with this.
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Same here.
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