I don't really know what career I want to do, I know its going to be in the feild of History since I already have a degree in History. I just don't know if I want to teach, write, or do research. I might try each of the three for a time, I really don't know. I do know one thing however, my career will not be loading boxes into the back of trucks.
Do you think teaching is worth it? I know for research you have to travel alot which I dont want to do really..atleast right now. Or should I try and go into another History field.
Teaching in the public education system is medium pay in most states($33,000+). teaching at a college or university can pay upwards of $110,000, but that takes a lot of schooling. I actually would love to travel, I want to see the world. I'd love to spend time in Italy investigating stuff about the Roman empire.What feilds are you studying right now?
well, im a sophomore so right now we're studying the absolute most boring history ever...the 2nd industrial revolution. On my own time though, im reading alot of the Roman Empire and its transition to the Middle Ages. Like you, im intrested in the Roman Republic and Empire as well how it built from Greece. So im not "studying" much of anything really, just reading up on stuff.
Yeah I find that era, as well as the rise of Greece, to be facinating. I also like some of the darker parts of history, such as the plagues, barbarians, genocide, and people who are really F*cked up but are never talked about.
I'm planning on my first official job out of high school to be a Air Transport Ramp Attendant... the guys driving those cars with baggage and sh*t. YEUH.And for my official career, I'll probably be some bunk Engineer or something.
lol Yeah, did you watch the Dark Ages in the History Channel? It was pretty good. Im actually the opposite, I like to study the Roman Empires golden age, and really about Europe starting around 1500 with the Renaissance. I also love the Egyptian Dynasties, and I love it when it and Rome are connected.btw, do you watch Rome on HBO? Its not that correct on alotve things, but it makes it more enteraining.
Yeah I seen that show on the history channel, though I was hoping they'd go into other people such as the early Saxons, Lombards and Gepids and didn't focus on the Byzantines so much. I really don't concider the Byzantines to be part of the dark ages because they lived so high above the standards for what we concider to be the dark ages. though I did learn a lot about Justinian. I do like Egypt, but I'm not really all that into it. My favorite periods of history are; The Macidonian conquest, All of the roman empire, from early city state to universal empire, to the fall; The time right before the renaissance, and the history of the Western US. I also like seeing how I can connect historical figures to other historical figures, places ect. I've never seen Rome, I don't have HBO unfortinatly.
ah okay, go to www.yourtvlinks.com if you ever wanna check it out.Yeah they skimmed through it, but it was a nice overview....it helped me cause ive only read the basic stuff on the Dark Ages.
Yeah for some reason the dark ages just isn't covered a lot, especially not in public school. when I was in high school we spent like a week on the time from the fall of Rome to the Renaissance. thats a 1000 years, a very important 1000 years in Western civilization.
Yeah my history book as one line on Ghengis Kahn...HOW DO YOU ONLY HAVE ONE LINE ON HIM. I guess because its sortve depressing, and we regressed in that age, as far as Europe goes. Bunch of riots, wars, diseases etc. during the Dark Ages.
I don't recall if my High school history book mentioned him. I do know that Christopher Columbus had a larger section in the book devoted to him than William the Conqueror. one thing I have noticed about some history books is that they are really biased, they seldom mention the Muslim invasion of Europe, or that the Khans are the ones who spread the plague.
exactly, I read some of my old Hisotry book from 5th grade, and there was more chapters on the Declaration of Independance than the Roman empire(alotve the reason I read on my own about them)...they get biased about US history
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BrewCityBuck @ Mar 8 2007, 11:53 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Nowdays you pretty much have to have been an NBA/NCAA player to get involved in that stuff.</div>Yeah, I know. But I figure that if I became a high school coach, had a couple of successful seasons and then got on to a college coaching staff, eventually make it as a head coach and have a some successful seasons as a college coach then I figure I'm likely to draw interest as an NBA coach or GM because of my ability to coach and get players who will bring success. I know I can do that, it's just about getting the oppurtunities. Besides, I'm only 14, the NBA player thing still might work out. :shifty2:
I'm only 14 as well so I guess I got some time. I really don't know yet tho, maybe somethin into writing, journalism. Maybe for a newspaper or a basketball journalist.
