Random Note About What I Do When I'm Not Reading About Christian Egypt:
So being here with all of these crazy archaeologists (who I've been reading for the last 3 years) and bitter grad students has definitely helped me in forming my own plans for life after senior year. I'm thinking about doing a joint degree program in law and a MA in art history/archaeology. EPIC. I've emailed a couple of schools that I'm interested in (Boston...) and have gotten surprisingly encouraging answers. Pretty sweet. Though going the MA route means I still have to learn French and German. Le sigh.
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Give it time, my dear.
ReplyDeleteAlthough, it doesn't mean you have to learn the languages thoroughly--it just means you have to learn to read them, which is not at all the same thing. Take it from one who knows. It's not as hard as it sounds, ESPECIALLY if you know Latin. And Greek.
By the way, did they pick you for this project because you're the token Christian, or is there some other reason? Because I think it's a plum of an assignment, in many ways.
ReplyDeleteha, I don't think anyone would accuse me of being a token Christian!
ReplyDeleteno, I'm their late Roman Empire/ advent of Christianity/ decline of Roman Empire person. I've taken several classes on the fall of Rome and rise of Germanic Tribes/ East Roman Empire.
Gooood times.
Also, I opened a book in French for research yesterday and was able to cobble together what it was saying pretty easily. Plus 10 to Latin.
I'm tellin' ya, it's not that hard to learn French and German if you're doing it for reading only. The knowledge is purely passive, and it comes pretty quickly. And you're right about the plus 10 to Latin. It makes learning to read French pretty easy.
ReplyDeleteWorse than the languages ("quant au français, je ne sais pas."), I'd worry about having to deal with all those young people who want to be lawyers. Tara once complained that the problem with the Peace Corps was all the people who didn't have a life. When she hit law school she changed her complaint to all the people who didn't have a heart. She thought less ill of the Peace Corps types after that.
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