The Life of a Knight

You are playing around in the fields, running after the butterflies, picking up all the worms, blowing spit bubbles, flying kites, and having fun, but then you wake up. It was all a dream, all of that is behind you now, this was a last glimpse of the fun you're leaving behind. This is what all knights have to do at some point in their life. They have to leave all of that out as they begin their training. It isn't the most amusing thing for the boys who decide to do it, but it is the right choice in the long run. There are some perks for being a knight also, you aren't a knight forever, you eventually retire, and then you can do some cool stuff too. Plus, while you are a knight, you become more respected in your community, for everyone in it feels that you are the reason they are still there, therefore you are gratified and more people want to be your friend. After a childhood of preparation, the knights’ life consisted of training and free time.
The steps to become the knight were taken over a period of 8 years. Starting at age 8 as a page, they had to learn manners, read the code of chivalry, stay loyal to their liege lord, wait on tables for their leading knight, and help that knight in dressing. Then at the age of 13 becoming a squire, the young man would start in the training of weapons, focus on combat while on horse (because most knights would eventually go to battle on horse, with the exception of those, more talented that went into the footsmen class and also the archery class), and then learn about religion, which was Catholicism at that time. Finally, this hero in training would lose the "in training" on his title, for he is to become a knight now, for the knight who he has been with through all these years ...

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...pons: practice one handed, two handed, and long range weapons. A few other, less important, things they did were: decide issues with peasants and serfs, collect taxes, oversee the work of planting and reaping, go to mass, and play strategic games such as checkers and chess.
So, now that you know a lot about the knight, you should be able to respect them more. They were highly treated yes, but they also had a crowd of people who didn't like them. Some complained that they were too highly praised and didn't do anything but eat, drink, and sleep in the kings castle. Anyways, no matter what some people say, they were indeed, heroes. In the beginning, some children hated becoming a knight, but near the end, they know that what they choice was right, for not only do they get to be treated nicely in the end, but also they had helped their community in more ways than one.