9th October 2008, 05:03 PM
my interest was kick started by my dads bed time stories about various mythical places like Troy,Mycenea etc and then having it explained that archaeology had proved they was real! Then when I was 16 after telling my careers teacher at school I wanted to be an archaeologist and getting laughed at and that I had no chance I gave up. Then when I was 20 I heard about the MSC and applied, for my very first interview I thought i'd make an effort (polished boots,clean jeans-even got me mum to iron them!and a plain t shirt),there was 5 other young men in the waiting room with their suits and ties on (looking down at me and s----------ing)who all got interviewed before me.So, finally got mine and there was 4 blokes also in suits and a field officer fresh from site-who took one look at me and said "unlike the others I can see you don't mind getting dirty" -the cheek! so much for tarting myself up! but I was the only one who got the job. The rest as they say is history:face-approve: