1st post

Hi, I'm Maggie, and obviously, I want to be an archaeologist. Now, you're probably wondering, why would anybody want to be that? Let me tell you....

When I was 7 years old, I took my first trip to the Burpee Museum, home of the famous juvenile dinosaur, Jane. We saw Jane, saw a video about how the archaeologists found her, and went through the archaeology exhibit with journals, tools, loose bones, rocks, and more. We even got to test our archaeological skills on a clay block with a pick and a brush, finding little things like rocks and plastic coins. All of this stuff was absolutely fascinating to me, to the point where I asked the guide lady how to pursue a career in archaeology. She laughed at me. I have no clue why. I went home, and got my first library card. With that library card, I checked out books on dinosaurs, fossils, rocks, and all the things that fall under the archaeology category. I read and read, and by the time I was 11 (last year) I began to move farther forward into time, learning about Ancient Egypt, Ancient China, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, and just Ancient Civilizations in general. Learning all of this stuff made me want to be an archaeologist, not just the one that studies fossils, but the one that studies ancient peoples, as well. Now I'm 12, and I've almost fully mastered the Gaelic language, I own several books on history, models of Ancient Egyptian Pyramids, and am learning how to write with Heiroglyphs.

Well, that's my story, and in this blog I'll be posting about the things I do that interest me with the subject, (museums, books, events, etc.) the good and bad things that affect the path to this career, and how my education plays a part in it. All the way up to the day I go to college to study the subject. Finally, years from now when I've learned and become an archaeologist, this blog (if it still exists!) will become an archaeological field journal!

Yes, I am a dreamer. But oh well. I like it.