German is bit railway track orientated re careers . In the UK you are 
probably not going to become a university lecturer or professor anymore 
(like Phil Rahtz) without a degree but if you are good enough you would 
probably get a decent way up the unit (CRM) hierarchy. I won't mention 
names but we have been quite shocked in UK over several of our German 
colleagues whose careers came to an abrupt end after they  fell out with 
their local council. Read David Gaimster's "j'accuse" intro to his BAR 
on the Duisburg pottery- quite a read. Anyway I am quite happy if 
everyone can't read medieval latin as they can then hire me but 
understanding what your excavation means seems to be becoming increasing 
irrelevant to the CRM procession UK  so i had better go fishing.Sorry 
for the winge.

paul


geoff carver wrote:
> some germans keep insisting i'm not an archaeologist cuz i didn't 
> study latin (i never tell them about my 2 years' worth in hi school), 
> partly cuz calgary didn't have a classics dep't when i was there; they 
> start teaching it here in "gymnasium" along with french or spanish 
> (english starting in grade school)...
> on the other hand, i argue they're not archaeologists if they can't 
> use a theodolite, distinguish between cow & horse bones, etc.: you 
> can't have everything
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "paul.courtney2"
>
> Unfortunately very few school children now do Latin.