Help!

LovexxLife

Im confused i just cant make my mind up but i have narrowed it down between 2/3 careers

1.Archaeology
2.Journalism
3.Secondary teaching(not really that important just a back up back up plan)


1. If I go with archaeology I apply to Queens belfast or Sligo IT. When i think of archaeology I think of the excitement like of digging up finding stuff and being in the fresh air. But then when I really think about winter freezing weather and have to wear old clothes all the time like. Also i'm studying History atm and as most of you would the course is based on more modern history whereas archaeology is based on really old old history like the stone age, so i wouldn't feel I would know the stuff well enough.

2. I've always had an idea of being a writer or a journalist. I like finding out loads of information and explaining it to people or just telling them about it in a simple way. I also like going out meeting new people. College/course wise I wouldn't want to do a Journalism course I would like to do english/history or possilby liberal arts or literature film languages course in UL. If/when i manage to get a job then i could see myself like wearing normal clothes typing being warm in the winter especially=). But the reason why I havent thought of this for a while untill now again is that a few years i had what you call a visiting teacher(i get this service as i'm hard of hearing and she just goes over subjects etc..) and she was saying it's really tough preofession and even though your not meant/allow to discrimminate I would find it even harder to get a job due to my hearing.

3.Im only really thinking of teaching as a back-up plan like...if i only still dunno what i wanna do. Like i was thinking of Arts in UCD that i would do Archaeology and like two mainstream subjects like German/Geography, so like if it turns out archaeology wasn't for me i could always get into teaching.



Sorry for rambling, but what do you think after that?

Black Magic

This is a really helpful thread!

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=63762120#post63762120

You should take a look. :rolleyes:

Corkfeen

No idea on archaeology(Jurassic park is as far as it go). I doubt they'd expect you to have a major amount of knowledge about prehistoric ages etc...

But a career in journalism is exceptionally difficult to pursue. I plan on making an effort in following the journalistic career path though. You've gotta consider how the industry is suffering and theres a shortage of jobs. Are you willing to take the risk? Who knows it might go through a boom of some sort (fingers crossed. ) .

robp

No Archaeology course expects past knowledge of any period. As a student of Archaeology I find most modules (in UCC) actually lean towards the medieval period but their are specialist paths in the far and distant prehistoric periods but also more recent post-medieval age. Historic modules are always the most subscribed to though.
It’s a fantastically interesting subject to study but career wise its very challenging and unstable.
For more information on archaeology I would advise you shift through some old threads on the archaeology forum on boards.ie. http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=623

An Arts degree including English and archaeology may be best as you can you can easily specialise afterwards with a MA in journalism or many other subjects. In journalism and a lesser extent in Archaeology relevant work experience is always more valuable then academic qualifications. You can easily start (and should!) this in your college years by volunteering for student newspapers or university research excavations etc.