http://crakowski.com/blog/what-do-you-do/ the world is my playground // the time is now Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:04:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://crakowski.com/blog/what-do-you-do/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Patrick Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:04:38 +0000 http://crakowski.com/blog/?p=604#comment-40 You know, the entire reason I went back to grad school is so that, some day, I'll be at a cocktail party and somebody will say, 'What do you do?' and I'll say, with suave assuredness, 'I'm a Professor of Archaeology', and the 10 years of school will have paid off when they assume I spend my days stealing golden idols from tombs and fighting the forces of darkness. Preconceived notions work in some people's favor... just not responsible people's. You know, the entire reason I went back to grad school is so that, some day, I’ll be at a cocktail party and somebody will say, ‘What do you do?’ and I’ll say, with suave assuredness, ‘I’m a Professor of Archaeology’, and the 10 years of school will have paid off when they assume I spend my days stealing golden idols from tombs and fighting the forces of darkness. Preconceived notions work in some people’s favor… just not responsible people’s.

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