So What Do YOU Do????

[AngelK96 0]

Well my current JOB is working at a hotel, but I am a graduate student in Bioarchaeology (human remains in archaeology which is a subfield of biological anthropology! yay! For anthropology!). I specialize in the Middle East, North Africa, and Western Europe through the Middle Ages... which is how I met my Dh since he's at Yarmouk University and does the same thing. We worked on a site together.

I know what I saw in him, but I;m not sure what he saw in me LOL! Except he is secretly crazy too Anyway, this year I was teaching the field school for the university and many people fell under my.. ummm. guidance.

But mostly? It's a lot of paperwork.

Both years I worked in Jordan we excavated tombs from the Bronze era through the Byzantine. Tombs are robbed mostly (99.9%) and we're studying the remains we can find and the archetecture. Jordan of course keeps everything. We are trying to beat the looters, but it's impossible. Most of their stuff is sold on ebay actually, and it's extremely illegal and harmful to the cultural heritage.

I take back what i said in a previous post. If i can imagine myself doing something else it would be your job and only if i can work in jordan all the time. When we were in Jerash we had all these little kids coming up to us wanting us to buy these old roman coins. Of course we didn't but just to hold them and look at them in your hands knowing you were holding something over a 1000 years old was surreal.

[sara535 15]

I'm a mortgage underwriter

[Nasturtium 500]

LOL! Yeah those kids! I have perfected the look away and stern "lah shukran" and they don't bother me. If my husband is there, they leave us alone in general. They are cute though! My husband worked in Jerash this summer and I was so jealous! Jordan University was having a dig there and he worked on their faunal and human remains.

You could always volunteer! I know my school takes volunteers and it's like only $55/day plus your plane tickets and spending money.

I take back what i said in a previous post. If i can imagine myself doing something else it would be your job and only if i can work in jordan all the time. When we were in Jerash we had all these little kids coming up to us wanting us to buy these old roman coins. Of course we didn't but just to hold them and look at them in your hands knowing you were holding something over a 1000 years old was surreal.

[maggieNomar 0]

I am an office manager/medical biller for a chiropractor. I am waiting for Jean and you other recovery people to call and ask for money back! I am also currently working on an LPN refresher course. Hope to finish by June and start working right away.

[chris4336 3]

Wow very interesting thread. I'm a 1st year medical student...so basically I am just studying all day - It is as boring as it sounds. They don't let us near actual patients until the 3rd year

[kerewin21 2]

Wow very interesting thread. I'm a 1st year medical student...so basically I am just studying all day - It is as boring as it sounds. They don't let us near actual patients until the 3rd year

Well that was me four years ago and now I'm missing the time I actually got to study because now I spend all my time doing scut work (drawing blood, filling out forms, putting in IVs, making sure stuff gets to the lab, running to the pharmacy for medications, calling security on my patients who smoke in the bathroom, etc). Now I'm an intern in Family Medicine, which is a specialty in general medicine. I see babies, kids, teens, adults, prenatal patients, and I even do deliveries! Definitely the coolest thing *ever* to first meet a baby when they're -30 weeks old, and then follow them until they're born and then after for their whole life until they have babies too and start to grow old So that makes a lot of the other stuff worthwhile.

[AngelK96 0]

LOL! Yeah those kids! I have perfected the look away and stern "lah shukran" and they don't bother me. If my husband is there, they leave us alone in general. They are cute though! My husband worked in Jerash this summer and I was so jealous! Jordan University was having a dig there and he worked on their faunal and human remains.

You could always volunteer! I know my school takes volunteers and it's like only $55/day plus your plane tickets and spending money.

I take back what i said in a previous post. If i can imagine myself doing something else it would be your job and only if i can work in jordan all the time. When we were in Jerash we had all these little kids coming up to us wanting us to buy these old roman coins. Of course we didn't but just to hold them and look at them in your hands knowing you were holding something over a 1000 years old was surreal.

That sounds like a good job! I wonder if they still do that one trick in Jerash. It involves a swaying column..hehehe. I had this one cute chubby kid with cowboy boots asking me if I wanted to see something "Hey lady do you wanna see something wonderful" for 5 dinars I'll show you..heheheh We didn't have to pay but he showed us anyways. He stuck like this knife in a crack and pushed it and it did seem like the column moved. I miss Jordan I could stay all day at Jerash and Um Qays.

[Nasturtium 500]

Well not really! I mean you pay to do it

Oh! That's actually not a trick! the colums really do move. They are on a pivoting center which prevents them from falling in the high winds and earthquakes! Now they do a similar thing of putting foundations on rolling pylons in places like California for the same reasons! Wow 5JD? I need that kid's job!

That sounds like a good job! I wonder if they still do that one trick in Jerash. It involves a swaying column..hehehe. I had this one cute chubby kid with cowboy boots asking me if I wanted to see something "Hey lady do you wanna see something wonderful" for 5 dinars I'll show you..heheheh We didn't have to pay but he showed us anyways. He stuck like this knife in a crack and pushed it and it did seem like the column moved. I miss Jordan I could stay all day at Jerash and Um Qays.

[chris4336 3]

Kerewin21 - Yeah I know I'll probably be missing these days...it just gets so tedious sometimes...plus when I think about how much longer I have to go...

Family Medicine sounds great - my mentor is in Family Medicine and always talking to us about it. It so important for people to develop good relationship with their doctors throughout their lives. Its a 3 year residency right?

[dollface41601 0]

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[bora bora 1]

I'm the USC engaged to a Brazilian but I liked this thread, especially reading about the anthropologists

My degree is in (Cultural) Anthropology and Spanish and I'm a middle school teacher - currently 7th and 8th grade. I've taught English, Social Studies, ESOL, Math, and Science to students ages 5 to 58. Now I'm just teaching English/SS to middle schoolers and I love it - especially because I get to teach grammar, how to write, and Latin American studies (my specialty). I met my fiance while teaching English in Brazil so I think it's great .

I worked as an archaeologist in Peru (check out National Geographic June 2002) and am happy to see pictures and hear stories.

[doodlebug 3]

Kerewin21 - Yeah I know I'll probably be missing these days...it just gets so tedious sometimes...plus when I think about how much longer I have to go...

Family Medicine sounds great - my mentor is in Family Medicine and always talking to us about it. It so important for people to develop good relationship with their doctors throughout their lives. Its a 3 year residency right?

Ya know....I probably work for the same company if you guys are in boston lol

[yogib37 3]

My trade and went to school for aircraft maintenance. I always wanted to be a pilot but I can't get a 1st class medical. So I told myself that if I cant fly them, lets fix them

I did that for 8 years but now it is so unstable and so unpredicable..I got out..I will go back thinking now

I now work as a comm. tech in the cable industry.

I am looking to leave that also and get into computer networking

Yogi

[amal 4]

LOL! Yeah those kids! I have perfected the look away and stern "lah shukran" and they don't bother me. If my husband is there, they leave us alone in general. They are cute though! My husband worked in Jerash this summer and I was so jealous! Jordan University was having a dig there and he worked on their faunal and human remains.

You could always volunteer! I know my school takes volunteers and it's like only $55/day plus your plane tickets and spending money.

I take back what i said in a previous post. If i can imagine myself doing something else it would be your job and only if i can work in jordan all the time. When we were in Jerash we had all these little kids coming up to us wanting us to buy these old roman coins. Of course we didn't but just to hold them and look at them in your hands knowing you were holding something over a 1000 years old was surreal.

LOL! Yeah those kids! I have perfected the look away and stern "lah shukran" and they don't bother me. If my husband is there, they leave us alone in general. They are cute though! My husband worked in Jerash this summer and I was so jealous! Jordan University was having a dig there and he worked on their faunal and human remains.

You could always volunteer! I know my school takes volunteers and it's like only $55/day plus your plane tickets and spending money.

I take back what i said in a previous post. If i can imagine myself doing something else it would be your job and only if i can work in jordan all the time. When we were in Jerash we had all these little kids coming up to us wanting us to buy these old roman coins. Of course we didn't but just to hold them and look at them in your hands knowing you were holding something over a 1000 years old was surreal.

That sounds like a good job! I wonder if they still do that one trick in Jerash. It involves a swaying column..hehehe. I had this one cute chubby kid with cowboy boots asking me if I wanted to see something "Hey lady do you wanna see something wonderful" for 5 dinars I'll show you..heheheh We didn't have to pay but he showed us anyways. He stuck like this knife in a crack and pushed it and it did seem like the column moved. I miss Jordan I could stay all day at Jerash and Um Qays.

my husband went to yarmouk university too

I agree that If I had the choice of any job, I think it would be yours....

UMM QAIS...MY MOST FAVORITE PLACE IN JORDAN!!! I told Noor that Umm Qais is the first place we have to visit when we go back!!!!!!!!!!

The pillar thing was cool...the boy that chose us put a rock and a key in the pillar. (we didn't have to pay him either).....way cool

[ya falaha! 0]

I'm a billing coordinator at a law firm. I'm also a wannabe layabout