Archaeology has never really appealed. I was forever put off by one of my books saying along the lines of
"So you want to be an archaeologist? Get a large rock, and a large hammer, and a lot of glue. Smash the rock into tiny pieces. Glue it all back together perfectly. NOW you have the skill and concentration needed"

Fuck that shit.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 10:35, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

My uncle is an archaeologist.
He advised me against it as a career when I was about 12.

Twenty years of pulling pot sherds out of muddy holes and another twenty cataloguing them. No thanks.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 10:39, Reply)

After witnessing my mother's life, I'm never being a teacher.

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 10:40, Reply)

Conversely, seeing the six months off a year my father had,
I have seriously considered it.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 10:42, Reply)

No.
Teaching is hard. All that planning and marking and conforming to stupid regulations? It can fuck off. A good percentage of the people I went to uni with went in to teaching, and seeing the amount of work they do, it's not something I would ever willingly consider.
(berk, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 10:56, Reply)

This.
My mum teaches from 9 to 4, but she'll stay on until 6 at school and often do 3 more hours of work a day at home, and work over the weekends. She works through the holidays, too.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 11:00, Reply)

All this is true but you get to spend all day with kids which is ace.
better than being in an office with a bunch of cunts.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 11:09, Reply)

Pffft!
I quite like that but it sounds mega disheartening. If I thought archaeology was like you see on tv/films etc, I'd do it, but I suspect it really isn't.
(berk, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 10:41, Reply)

'it's definitely Bronze Age, Tony'

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 10:42, Reply)

My flatmate's essay title is "To what extent does the Indiana Jones franchise of films accurately portray archaeology in America in the mid 20th century?"
...
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 10:44, Reply)

Is the answer "not a lot"
I've got a few mates who are archeologists, basically a lot of digging and then even more paperwork.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 10:55, Reply)