Alla lavagna!!
I am so naive to everything in the world. All of my assumptions and beliefs are subject to verification as of now. Yes, this all sounds dramatic, but that's what happens to me when I leave one of my anthropology classes.
I am absolutely in love with my E104 class--using the scientific method in archaeology. Kind of upsetting that it only lasts 8 weeks. I will definitely try to get another class with her, Dr. Pyburn, next semester. How do I keep getting these amazing professors every semester? Right now I have her and Bondanella at the same time. I'm the luckiest girl in the world.
Dr. Pyburn was talking about some program at IU that involves studying archaeology in a social context. For example, one of the things she's studying is how archaeologists have given the impression to the world that there are either very few or no Maya left--that they all died out after the collapse of the empire. In reality, there are 6 million Maya alive today. That's what prompted my 'I'm so naive' declaration. I did know about the Guatemalan civil war that she was discussing, though. I knew that thousands of Maya were killed, but I had no idea that there were 6 million of them still alive. Now obviously, they aren't all living in the same conditions and following the exact same traditions as the ancient Maya that we think of now.
I knew there was a reason that I was majoring in anthropology. Now I know exactly what it is.
I am absolutely in love with my E104 class--using the scientific method in archaeology. Kind of upsetting that it only lasts 8 weeks. I will definitely try to get another class with her, Dr. Pyburn, next semester. How do I keep getting these amazing professors every semester? Right now I have her and Bondanella at the same time. I'm the luckiest girl in the world.
Dr. Pyburn was talking about some program at IU that involves studying archaeology in a social context. For example, one of the things she's studying is how archaeologists have given the impression to the world that there are either very few or no Maya left--that they all died out after the collapse of the empire. In reality, there are 6 million Maya alive today. That's what prompted my 'I'm so naive' declaration. I did know about the Guatemalan civil war that she was discussing, though. I knew that thousands of Maya were killed, but I had no idea that there were 6 million of them still alive. Now obviously, they aren't all living in the same conditions and following the exact same traditions as the ancient Maya that we think of now.
I knew there was a reason that I was majoring in anthropology. Now I know exactly what it is.