Education? (What do you do?)

[Brennus]

student who is heading towards his exam with a heavy focus on sciences in 2012. So also more a pragmatist, since it will be much easier to get a job as some kind of engineer than to get one as historian... which many people saw as my goal when i was smalll and telling them that stuff i read in those history books for kids. History is for me also more some kind of hobby thing i am interested in, but see no chances for getting a job. I think I decided that way because German newspaers are always complaining about the lack and coming lack of educated professionals, especially for the industry.

There seem to be alot of people who read history and archaeology for a hobby. I have noticed that the truly vicious arguments tend to occur between historians and archaeologists, however.

[Lvcretivs]

Yes, judging from my own experiences, there's really a rather special 'love-hate-relationship' between these mutual dependent fields - but it's a very productive 'Hassliebe' ;)

I'm studying Classical Archeology and Art History (BA, 2nd semester) at a German university.

[vartan]

My best girl friend (platonic!) is in archaeology. I find the two complimentary, so it's allll gooood...

[Macilrille]

Obviously you never heard two historians discuss...

I suggest you search for Frank Landes and Andre Günther (sp) Frank and see what comes up.
Or if you read danish Rikke Malmros and Niels Lund.

It can go on for years, the Malmros - Lund debate has for 13 years now.

[Apázlinemjó]

Yes, judging from my own experiences, there's really a rather special 'love-hate-relationship' between these mutual dependent fields - but it's a very productive 'Hassliebe' ;)

I totally agree with that. At my uni, the senior lecturer of the Department of Ancient History and the senior lecturer of the Department of Archeology are "archenemies".

[Andronikos]

Why is that? Could it be compared to theoreticians - experimenters relationship in natural sciences?

[jirisys]

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

I regret to say that I only have a High School diploma, with no real plans to pursue further education. Due to intense laziness and some... rough times as a teenager, I posses neither the grades, nor the standardized test scores to enter a good college; never mind the whole financial aspect of that endeavor. However, if I were to enroll in an institution of higher education, the most plausible majors for me, considering my interests, would be history, archaeology, or biology. A degree in English would be a distant fourth, if only because I do not hold that major in particularly high regard compared to the others when it comes to job prospects, despite my love of writing. Ironically, my fifth choice for a major would be mathematics, despite my utter ineptitude at any field of mathematics more advanced or difficult than geometry.

Of course, my sub-par performance in mathematics could be chalked up to my teachers, all of whom failed in making the material they taught seem relevant to my life. Still, I'm not entirely sure if it's that, a genuine weakness in my mathematical capabilities, or both. In any case, it's a pretty big hurdle in regards to gaining a degree in any math-heavy field.

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On a final note, I believe that years of exposure to the internet has literally sapped my intelligence. It's a miracle I can even type in complete sentences with (semi)proper grammar and spelling.

Thank you oh mighty America and your fair and humane rules



Almost going to the university, 4 months left

~Jirisys (Suck it blue!)

[vartan]

Thank you oh mighty America and your fair and humane rules



Almost going to the university, 4 months left

~Jirisys (Suck it blue!)

I thought the forum didn't allow socialists like you. Oh, dang nevermind. It makes exception for y'all.

~Vartan (dang it!)

p.s. what are fair rules? there are no fair rules (case in point: tourney rules: EB)

[Hannibal Khan the Great]

p.s. what are fair rules? there are no fair rules (case in point: tourney rules: EB)

Damn straight!!!

[Apázlinemjó]

Damn straight!!!

Like xes ttub esirprus!