Posts tagged school

franzboas:

a list of things you should not say to me after i tell you i study anthropology/archaeology:

• anthropology? oh, like the store? i love that store!
• how come you don’t just study sociology?
• archaeology! that’s so cool. i love dinosaurs!
• anything involving indiana jones or ancient aliens
• anything involving how you’ve read a book entitled “the anthropology of ____” because contrary to popular belief, you cannot just call something anthropology because you don’t know what else to call it

As a cultural anthropology student, I’d add: “oh you study anthropology, where do you dig?”

Also, even though it’s a fine question, I still hate it when people ask, “what are you going to do with that degree?”

A new gift idea for your loved ones: Graduate School Barbie (TM).

Pretty much sums up grad school.  Read the full post here.

Graduate School Barbie comes in two forms: Delusional Master’s Barbie (TM) and Ph.D. Masochist Barbie (TM).

Every Graduate School Barbie comes with these fun filled features guaranteed to delight and entertain for hours: Grad School Barbie comes out of the box with a big grin on her face that turns into a frown after 2 weeks or her first advisor meeting (whichever comes first). She also has adorable black circles under her delightfully bloodshot eyes.

Comes with two outfits: a grubby pair of blue jeans and 5 year old gap T-shirt, and a floppy pair of gray sweatpants with a matching “I hate my life” T-shirt. Grad School Barbie talks! Just press the button on her left hand and hear her say such upbeat grad school phrases like, “Yes, Professor, It’ll be done by tomorrow”, “I’d love to rewrite” and “Why didn’t I just get a job, I could have been making $40,000 a year by now if I had just started working with a Bachelor’s. But noooooo, I chose to further my education, I wish somebody would drop a bomb on the school so that I’d have an excuse to stop working on my degree that’s sucking every last drop of life force out of my withered and degraded excuse for a soul…” (9V lithium batteries sold separately)