this is why geology is one of the GOATed majors. so many field trips.
still regret that I had a college that wanted me for their geology program but I was afraid I would never pay off the loans
I hike for fun and exercise and mostly observe rock formations and am constantly like “fuck I could have been paid to do this”
unfortunately your best chance of actually being paid would be for a resource extraction company
“mine geologist” or “oil company geologist” were my only options I knew of that would have (eventually) paid for that doctorate when i really wanted to do USGS
so yeah it sucks
yesssss. I finished my biology degree a couple of years ago, going out and scooping up creepy-crawlies or digging holes or picking flowers was the BEST.
Field trips aren’t for kids, they’re for the teachers.
That actually explains all the trips to the theatre.
What are you waiting for? Fuck off for the day and go check out the watermill.
I do that already, but it’s not the same.
I want a field trip. I want to show up to work and instead of working we get on a bus to go see something cool that I wouldn’t have thought of myself, likely with a prearranged guide.
I don’t want to drive myself. I don’t want to have to find and decide on something to go see. I don’t want to try and arrange some of my friends to do something like go see and old watermill.
instead of working we get on a bus to go see something cool that I wouldn’t have thought of myself, likely with a prearranged guide.
and still get paid!
The closest I’ve had is going to natural history museums with my scientist coworkers on conference trips
:frizzle: get in the bus there is no time to explain
I got to bring a group of civil engineers on a field trip to the local watershed as an adult, and it was so cool. We walked through a pristine mountain canyon (the actual watershed) and a dam (for the reservoir). Every time I open the water tap at home, I think about how cool it is that I know exactly where the water came from
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