5th November 2010, 07:18 PM
(This post was last modified: 5th November 2010, 10:48 PM by deadlylampshade.)
moreno Wrote:......This may sound simple and patronising but I do believe that making an effort to work towards improving our profession is one worth working for. I'm sure more than a few have experience with your analogy.
It depends if you believe archaeology is just a job or a vocation! I tend to find vocational archaeologists are the ones, at ANY level, who have such enthusiasm that they are prepared to explain a little more, discuss and share information as and when a question is raised or something has not been understood.
It isn't hard, and it is only patronising if the person speaking to you knows less than you but is not convinced that you know what you are doing! (Alas I meet more of these types again at ALL levels than the first type!)
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, Merlot in one hand, Cigar in the other; body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming "WOO HOO, what a ride!