Prompt:
Over the past week, we've been talking a lot about being Social Scientists, and how to make observations and inferences. Now, we want to know, if given the opportunity which of the five Social Scientist jobs you can imagine yourself doing. Perhaps you love dinosaurs, or digging in dirt? Maybe you're really interested in the climate, landforms, buildings and roads? Or do you just love it all? Either way, after all of our hard work in class, we would love to know. As all great social scientists do, remember to include lots of facts and evidence in your blog post, and include a graphic of your chosen social scientist job as a visual clue for others.
If I had the chance of becoming ONE Social Scientist, I'd have to decide between being an Anthropologist, or an Archaeologist. I'm quite torn between the two. I find both jobs very captivating. Being an Archaeologist is one of my choices because, I'd really like to discover what our World was like in the very beginning of time. From that I could uncover and predict what the world could be in the future. An Anthropologist is another one of my choices. I'd like to be an Anthropologist because I find the concept of traveling around the World, studying about different people and their culture fascinating. I guess, if I had to pick ONE, I'd be an Anthropologist. Though being an Archaeologist would be exciting, it only focuses on limited points. Such as human history, and pre-history. And that is about it! I'd like to study that, but much more as well. Being an Anthropologist, I would be able to cover that, as well as the study of the people and their culture, beliefs, architecture, etc. I also would enjoy the wide amount of traveling I'd get to do! Experiencing the lives different people have in different countries and cities would be amazing! I don't know where I'd like to go; probably somewhere exotic and "different." Or somewhere where people struggle to survive on a daily basis. Sounds crazy, but the experience would really expand my knowledge, and change my thoughts. It would be extremely interesting, but fun at the same time! Just to sum everything up, if I had to be ONE Social Scientist, I'd be an Anthropologist. What about you?
Here's a little picture of what Anthropologists do:
The image I've chosen, came from:
http://armandfrasco.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/arp2c.jpg
