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How to inspire youngsters to study harder.


Klingan

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Well to make a long story short - As many of you may know I study at the classical history university of Lund to one day become a scholar myself. Lately I have increased my amount of courses taken well beyond the safety point, trying to learn Latin, experimental archeology and write my Magister's essay (equals one year before a Masters making a Magister 4 year I believe) at the same time.

 

To be honest, it has been very hard to motivate myself recently to work this hard, but I have no found the perfect cure! I've decided to make a study of Pompeii's water system this summer and I need money to get there. So how to get money as a student? - I found a job at a storage facility for spare agriculture equipment parts.

 

The job lasts for 5 days, 10 teams of two, 10 hours per day average, going through it all bolt by bolt. Needless to say I'm having nightmares about bolts by now (day 3).

 

However except for the money there is one very good reason why every kid would be forced to do this for one week each semester. They would work a lot harder during the other weeks in school. Trust me, the Swedish government have tried to raise the level of education for decades, resulting in lower and lower standards and more and more students quitting Uni. It just won't work.

 

This however, is truly an efficient way, to help the people of a country become better educated!

 

Next week I'm back to Uni and I tell ya, I will not rest until I am done...

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Don't miss the big Roman archaeology congress in Amsterdam in April, one of the sections is specifically devoted to water. Also, I might be able get you in touch with people doing water-related research in Ostia and Pompeii. PM me if you're interested.

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Water section :P Wow, where can I find details on this?

 

What is the minimum working age there?

 

Depends on what you are working with. I've been doing all kinds of work out of my home from time to time since I was 13 or something.

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Water section :P Wow, where can I find details on this?

 

What is the minimum working age there?

 

Depends on what you are working with. I've been doing all kinds of work out of my home from time to time since I was 13 or something.

 

I mean get a tax-paying job with an employer

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What is the minimum working age there?

 

Depends on what you are working with. I've been doing all kinds of work out of my home from time to time since I was 13 or something.

 

I mean get a tax-paying job with an employer

 

No mater where we work or how young we are, we are expected to have a contract from an employer and pay tax when we make over 15.000 kr per year or something (2000$ ish)

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