Saturday, October 19, 2019

Postgraduate Studies

Hi,
I've been thinking about what to do when I finish my undergraduate studies. In this context, continuing to study is an option. However, every time someone ask me if I wanna continue studying I say yes, but it depends on wheter I get work immediately upon graduation (this is my ideal world).
In this case, I can postpone my studies until have a working pace, and then take a part time course. If I don't have a job inmmediately, I think about going to study the next year. 

In any case, I hope some study and I've two reasons: first, I don't like being with nothing to do and I wanna to specialize in my area, and the second reason is wheter we wanted or not, working life is easier with postgraduate studies. In addition, is necessary to be updated of new methods and techniques to do a good job.

I haven't thought about the subject yet, but I would like to do some related to forensics or criminalistics and checking I found a lot in Spain. I hoped could do it in Chile, in this university or  still wait the opening in the Catholic, but it would take a long time. So, my plans depend on this, therefore I don't rule out the possibility of distance learning.

I know it's a bit boring, so thanks for reading.

Friday, October 11, 2019

My future job

I'll start saying that this is the most frequent topic in my conversations (included conversations with myself) since last 2 or 3 weeks.
Fourth year of university is the moment to question everything, and think about what you like to your future. I know that sounds some dramatic, but in my case it's real. Physical Anthropology is so varied, so that, there are a little concrete jobs, unless you decide to work research.

Personally, I really like Forensic Anthropology, so I hope can work in this area in the not-so-distant future, specially about Dental Anthropology. I ldon't like indoor jobs like engineers glued to some screen, but the work in the laboratory is different and I love it, as study bones. Obviously there are some basic rules, like use the white apron and don't let your hair down.
More often than usual, the people ask me if my career is like the TV series (like "Bones"), and I must say sadly no.

Related to this, I think the work is more static. That is there are not many trips and it's a shame 'cause I like to travel. The good thing about it is the stability.

Salary always is important, but I don't expect turn into a millonaire with this, just live quietly and do what I love. Ok, that sounds cliché.




Friday, October 4, 2019

YAY, another themed free...

I talked about my difficult to do those things.
So, I will be more creative.

Today, I will talk about hedgehogs. I'm very simplistic for my themes.
I don't know if they are my favourite animals, but I like so much.
The hedgehog is a spiny mammal and his scientific name is Erinaceus europaeus.
According to the National Geographic: "Hedgehogs have a coat of stiff, sharp spines. If attacked they will curl into a prickly and unappetizing ball that deters most predators."
They have adapted to nocturnal life in the wild. We can find hedgehogs in Africa, Europe, Asia, New Zeland. But recently we are living a hedgehog's boom around the world, obviously, like exotic pets.
In spite,  domestic hedgehogs are hybrids, smaller than wild, and very cute animals.
I can talk about my own experience, 'cause I have a hedgehog and each one have their own personality. In 2010 my mom gave me one, and she was different 'cause she was an albino hedgehog. In those times in Chile there was not much information about these animals, even was so difficult to find an exotic veterinary surgeon. We don't have hedgehog food neither, so, they eat cat's food. My pet dies on November 8th, 2014.
But, I have good news (yass): today, we can find a lot of things related to these animals and have a hedgehog actually is very different. Since 2017, I have another hedgehog, but this time she's a salt and pepper hedgehog.
She's the most spoiled.



References:
National Geographic. Hedgehog. (2018, September 21). Retrieved from:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/h/hedgehog/