Today I was going to show you some pictures from the work in the museum, but I had to get permission and so I think I will be able to put them in here on Monday.  I thought it might be interesting to hear about how someone decided to become an archaeologist.

Nancy Bookidis did not like school, but she always knew that she wanted to be an archaeologist. As a child she liked to dig and find things and to draw.  She was always very interested in history.  Because of that she did keep going to school until she got her doctorate. She spent time working and learning at archaeological digs rather than in the classroom. She said that she didn’t even know how to choose the right college, she just went where people she knew recommended that she go! Now she is a famous archaeologist.  For many years before she retired she was the curator of the museum at Corinth.  She is retired now, but she still continues doing lots of important work her at Corinth.

I have never thought of becoming an archaeologist, have you? One of the most interesting things to me is that she didn’t really like school.  She would rather be out doing something.