19th March 2011, 04:21 PM
Kel Wrote:Unfortunately this is exactly how "ordinary" people like my parents think. They DO compare archaeology with lollipop ladies. There's no point saying they shouldn't - they do, and we have to try and find a way to address that approach. To do otherwise is like sitting on the deck of the Titanic, pointing out that it really shouldn't have hit an iceberg in the first place.
Yes some people do think that – but there is every point in challenging people’s ideas if you think they are wrong. . . Although admittedly I haven’t met your parents!