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What do you want to do as a job when you're older?
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Angua
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I'm honestly not sure yet. Game design would be good, especially sprite-related game design, but I doubt I'll see that through. I've always been interested in Herpetology and Egyptology-
I'm going to end up re-typing everything I put in my LJ yesterday.
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I tend to be a bit impulsive. I know, shock horror, Angua doesn't spend half an hour thinking things through. But I am. And that's not the point.
I've always wanted to learn a new language. First it was Japanese, then when we moved to Wales, Celtic and/or Welsh. But always I've loved Egyptology. Always, I've been curious about the year and a half (that's a familiar length of time) I spent in Cairo that I can't remember a second of. I've wanted to be a Herpetologist for many, many years (no, I'm not counting in Trollish). I have also wanted to be an Egyptologist, a forensic investigator, a detective, for a short while I wanted to join the army, I'd often go back to self-illustrative author (a term I actually made up myself) and (secretly) a defense attorney. So, looking back on my impulse, I'm now going to think properly and bore all two people who read this to death.
First, languages. Japanese is one of the hardest languages on Earth and I'm unlikely to ever actually use it. Celtic is pretty much dead now, and Welsh is going down the same road, so even if I did learn either of those languages, I would again be unlikely to use it. I would probably also be unlikely to learn Arabic, but my father knows a little (well, he can ask for lemon in his tea, simple things like that) so that would help. Also, this is the only language that actually ties in with a potential career.
Secondly, careers (no, a job is behind a shop counter or delivering newspapers. No offence, Jono, but a job gets one pretty much nowhere and doesn't require a lot of qualifications. A career does and does). Herpetology. I'd love to, but in all honesty I'd be bad at it and I'm unlikely to ever get half the A-levels, doctorates and whatever else I'd need to get there. Forensic investigation I love, but again, probably not that good and would be unlikely to get everything needed to get there. Detective, see above. Army, that was just some random bipolar high. Ignore it. Self-illustrative author? Well...I could always do that on the side, as it were. Defense attorney? Wanted to since just before I read TKaMB, but...yeah. You know the drill. Can't/wouldn't. Egyptologist? I watch a lot of televised hole-digging (Jelly Baby if you figure out what show that is), love archaeology and paleontology and I might actually get somewhere with this. Psychology would be useful for the paleontological aspect and I'm definately taking that, but I will need History. Unfortunately, it'll all be that modern crap with WWI and bombs and the stuff I'm interested in is CENTURIES before all that. Most of it before Noah's Great Flood!
Anyway, enough ranting. I should post now.
I'm going to end up re-typing everything I put in my LJ yesterday.
*Copypaste*
I tend to be a bit impulsive. I know, shock horror, Angua doesn't spend half an hour thinking things through. But I am. And that's not the point.
I've always wanted to learn a new language. First it was Japanese, then when we moved to Wales, Celtic and/or Welsh. But always I've loved Egyptology. Always, I've been curious about the year and a half (that's a familiar length of time) I spent in Cairo that I can't remember a second of. I've wanted to be a Herpetologist for many, many years (no, I'm not counting in Trollish). I have also wanted to be an Egyptologist, a forensic investigator, a detective, for a short while I wanted to join the army, I'd often go back to self-illustrative author (a term I actually made up myself) and (secretly) a defense attorney. So, looking back on my impulse, I'm now going to think properly and bore all two people who read this to death.
First, languages. Japanese is one of the hardest languages on Earth and I'm unlikely to ever actually use it. Celtic is pretty much dead now, and Welsh is going down the same road, so even if I did learn either of those languages, I would again be unlikely to use it. I would probably also be unlikely to learn Arabic, but my father knows a little (well, he can ask for lemon in his tea, simple things like that) so that would help. Also, this is the only language that actually ties in with a potential career.
Secondly, careers (no, a job is behind a shop counter or delivering newspapers. No offence, Jono, but a job gets one pretty much nowhere and doesn't require a lot of qualifications. A career does and does). Herpetology. I'd love to, but in all honesty I'd be bad at it and I'm unlikely to ever get half the A-levels, doctorates and whatever else I'd need to get there. Forensic investigation I love, but again, probably not that good and would be unlikely to get everything needed to get there. Detective, see above. Army, that was just some random bipolar high. Ignore it. Self-illustrative author? Well...I could always do that on the side, as it were. Defense attorney? Wanted to since just before I read TKaMB, but...yeah. You know the drill. Can't/wouldn't. Egyptologist? I watch a lot of televised hole-digging (Jelly Baby if you figure out what show that is), love archaeology and paleontology and I might actually get somewhere with this. Psychology would be useful for the paleontological aspect and I'm definately taking that, but I will need History. Unfortunately, it'll all be that modern crap with WWI and bombs and the stuff I'm interested in is CENTURIES before all that. Most of it before Noah's Great Flood!
Anyway, enough ranting. I should post now.
Dannichu
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Time Team? Man, I used to watch that show religiously. X3
Apparently forensic anthropology is hard to get into; not just because of qualifications, but because of stuff like CSI/Waking the Dead/Bones/Patricia Cornwell novels, loads of people want to do it and it's very competitive.
I agree that the history taught in schools is appalling. Certainly in the UK (we did, for our year 11 coursework, the 1960s in London. The freaking 1960s. That's not history - and I loved how we didn't get told how WWII ended and America and Japan's involvement), and the USA's been around for about 20 minutes so I don't get what they get taught either.
A-level, at least at my old sixth form, was marginally better; no ancient history, but at least stuff outside of the UK; fascist Italy and communist Russia were definitely on the syllabus (but don't look at me; I didn't actually take it).
goldenquagsire
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goldenquagsire
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Invader Palkia
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Same here. Except maybe a Storyboarder instead. :3 I like doing art but I'm so damn lazy with it I don't think I could ever do it as a job unless I really set my mind to it. ^^"
But I do really really really badly want to be a voice actor. Or a singer. I'd love to make a show/ comic too, however I have to get my ideas together before I can even try that.
