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Date: | Sat, 22 Nov 2003 13:19:59 -0500 |
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Right on, Neil! I couldn't agree with you more. At first, it was
professionally depressing to be in a social sciences department as the only archaeologist
during my teaching years, but I learned to enjoy watching those light bulbs
come on in the minds of my undergraduate students when they were exposed to the
subject for the first time. Sure, it is rewarding to be able to send an
occasional student on to a successful career in graduate school, but isn't it also
valuable to expose the business and engineering majors to archaeology so that
they can make intelligent and supportive decisions as voters in support of the
record of the past? I never heard anyone say that archaeology did not
interest them (except for one social work major), even if they were training to be
technicians. Besides, my technical colleagues were also interested in my
discipline and often volunteered free equipment and expertise in faunal analysis,
geophysical survey, obsidian hydration, etc.
As for the IT guys, their field has become highly unionized. No wonder they
are disillusioned and dropping out! Innovation has been stifled and even the
worst can practice if they only pay their dues. Let us all beware.
RLH
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