8th November 2010, 12:23 PM
Quote:However, I am not sure how you teach people to excavate like maniacs under the pressure of a fast approaching deadline without seriously screwing up the data. I think unis should just be a little more honest with students about what the world is like after graduation. It isn't like they are going to shatter anyone's dreams by telling them the raw truth about what life will be like with an archaeology degree...Also bears repeating. You can't. About the only profession that managed to even try is medicine, and they did that by keeping the residents/registrars up and on-duty for 36+ hours straight...thus risking misdiagnoses and lives in order to give them a taste of 'real life'.