What Are You?

Which Social Scientist are you?

When I grow up, I want to be an archaelogist, out of historians and geographers, and dig up something very meaningful like Howard Carter, who I just found out dug up the tomb of King Tutankhamen. I have never heard of him before but I guess he really is famous if he actually dug up the tomb of KING TUT :O These are some reasons why I chose archaelogist, what an archaeologist does and why I didn't pick the other jobs.

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Why did I choose to be an archaeologist?


I chose to be an archaeologist because...


1. I love to get down and dirty :)


2. I like to sort things out


3. I like solving puzzles

I mean, if you want to pick a job, you should do SOMETHING YOU LOVE! If books are your thing, be a librarian or and author :D You should always think your job is fun! I guess it's sort of like the movie, Bee Movie. Barry didn't want to work in the beehive because he would have to work that job for the rest of his life! The most fun thing I think an archaeologist does is FOSSILS. I love dusting the dirt off the fossil and just trying to figure out what it is! You never know it could be a whale's tooth, or something... I guess an archaeologist has the most exciting job out of the other jobs because you get to 

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to all the different places ALL around the world! The best thing is that you don't have a deadline :) You can try and find out what a teeny tiny fossil is and no one would say, " THIS IS DUE TOMORROW OR YOU'RE FIRED!!!"


I think you need to be able to cooperate with other people to have a job like this. If you don't cooperate with people, what's the use? You'll just fight every second of the day...so forget about being a archaeologist if you're not a cooperative person. Luckily, I believe I can cooperate with people very well :D






What exactly is an archaeologist?

In my own words, I think an archaeologist is a person who examines objects that have been left behind from people or animals from the past by travelling all around the world looking for those objectsct is. For example, on National Geographic Channel (I think...don't blame if you go home and you can't find this segment), I saw a lady,who I believe is an archaeologist, examine a whale's body bones that she found in a place that gets less than 1mm or water each year. You sometimes get puzzles like that when you're on a expedition. I mean, come on, a whale in a desert? I think that's a BIG mystery :O

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Why didn't I choose historian or geographer?

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I didn't choose those two jobs because I don't really like history or geography. I guess locating latitudes and longitudes are fun :) but not as fun as digging up artifacts from the past. A historian, in my opinion just studies the past which is not really fun because then you have to research alot and you have to be really smart :( I think geographer would be my second choice because you still get to travel around the world and I 
think being a historian is just not fun.

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I guess that's all...


I hope you really enjoyed my blog post. I'll enter some history about Howard Carter in my next blog post. :)

Cheers,

Nadia

Hi! I'm Nadia :D

Hi! I'm Nadia :D I am an ISKL Middle School here in Kuala Lumpur. I am from Kuala Lumpur and this is my 4th year back here. I have been living in Beijing for the past 8 years of my life and moved there when I was about 2 and a half years old. I think Malaysia is a great place to live :) I mean without the mosquitos and all the little bugs that can easily kill you :O This is my first time writing on a blog so I'm not sure how it goes...I think it's like writing an essay,hmmmm... I HOPE YOU LIKE MY BLOG :)


Cheers, Nadia





What are the latest three books you have read?

Right now, I am reading Coraline and Other Stories and School of Fear. I have just finished reading How To Be A Girly Girl In Just Ten Days. Coraline and Other Stories is just like the movie except it's SCARIER :( Neil Gaiman certainly put in a lot of details in this book. School of Fear is about these four kids who all have something in common: they all have different kinds of phobias. I am enjoying it so far, even though I have only read the first few chapters. How To Be A Girly Girl In Just Ten Days is about this girl called Nicollette, but her friends call her Nick because she is a BIG tomboy by heart. It's the type of books that girls would probably want to read, but maybe boys would like it :)


What is the last movie you have seen?


I think the latest movie I have seen is Despicable Me. I think Despicable Me is the kind of movie that you can only watch one time because if you watch multiple times, you might not think it'd funny anymore.  I really want to watch Toy Story 3! The commercial seems very funny! If you can get me the DVD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH :D If you can't get me the DVD, BOOHOO TO YOU :(




What is one academic goal do you have for this year?


One academic goal I have for Middle School is to improve on my essay writing. I am not sure I write formal enough for a formal essay. I think I like to write letters better than essays. Mrs. Narsiman, if you could help me on that, YOU WILL BE MY FAVOURITE TEACHER :D


What is one social goal you have for this year?


I would like to be able to mix in with all the different people in my grade and not just the people I had in my class last year. This year, we would switch classes every 80 minutes. Last year, we would just have our classes in one classrooms. I thought it was very boring. Our teacher would say," After you finish your handwriting samples, take out your science notebooks."


What is your favourite vacation memory?

My favourite vacation memory is when I went to Gold Coast and I went on the Big 6 Thrill Rides in Dream World. They were Tower of Terror, The Giant Drop, Cyclone, The Claw, The Wipeout and Mick Doohan's Motocoaster. I think the scariest one, for me, was Tower of Terror. It's speed is up to 161 kph in seven seconds! Even though this L-shaped ride is short, it is so, uber fun!




List 5 adjectives to describe yourself


-Fun


-Energetic


-Weird


-Athletic


-Kind


I think that's the end of my first ever blog post as nredza17. I hope you will enjoy this post :)


Your swimmer,


Nadia Redza