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pericardia5 karma

I just graduated from college and just started applying to for jobs in the career path of my dreams! However, my parents did not want me to work while I was in school, so I have NO outside job experience (other than as a research assistant for the university I attended).

Would it be wise to, while I am living at home and looking for a job I love, look for a temp job? How do I go about doing that? What is the typical type of payment for that job? Etc. Thank you!

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Not that I'm an expert (but I do have a degree in bio anthro, studied a ton of anatomy and I have worked on forensic anthro cases as an assistant), but what always bothered me was the skeletons were articulated a lot of the time. Depending on the decomp, which most if them seem to be fairly decomposed, the bones would not be articulated.

And that Bones would make really blatant statements about the remains in the field ("this person was a TENNIS PLAYER because of this injury"; while it may be indicative of that sport, it could be other things).

Also, looking at the remains pre-maceration isn't typical. Right? I've never seen the remains of an individual with decomposing flesh: the medical examiner deals with that pre-maceration. Forensic anthropologists typically get the bones fairly clean.

Would it kill Bones to use Fordisc? I also don't recall her using a sliding caliper or anything like that. I mean, I get that it's a TV show, but introducing some of the scientific tools that forensic anthropologist actually use would be pretty cool.

I won't even address things like Angela's hologram thing from the first few seasons. Clearly there are some things that made the TV show more fun (for the average viewer).

I could go on but I feel like this is turning ranty. I really do admire that you've brought forensic anthropology and women in science to the screens of millions of people.

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You still don’t understand, do you? Ooookay dude. Something tells me you aren’t going to get it.

I seriously don’t care what you think about literally anything, but you strike me as the type of person who thinks that everyone cares about you and your opinions.

Have a nice rest of your day.

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Also, I received a 3.95 GPA in college and graduated summa. I have been putting summa down on my resume, but should I be putting my GPA as well?

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Okay?