What Would I Be?

There is a choice, if you want to be a geographer, archaeologist, or a historian. Since geography to me is not so interesting (no offence to people that like geography) there is a tight decision for me to make. Archaeologist or historian. I LOVE to watch crime shows like CSI, Bones and NCIS but… I also love to read all about history, like the Aztecs, Mayans, Romans, especially Greeks and other ancient civilizations. Should I read about the Aztecs’ chocolate or the look for Egyptian artifacts? I guess I’ll go with historian. The reason I chose historian over archaeologist is because reading history is a little bit more interesting for me than digging around in the dirt and getting dirty (I like to stay clean) but I have to admit, it is cool finding pottery, imagining that people made it in that same place where you are now, but only thousands of years ago.

When I think of a historian, I realize the job has many different jobs inside it, for you to keep up with. One of those jobs is a teacher. They teach others the principals of history, all their knowledge, being transferred to younger minds. There is a time when student becomes teacher and teacher becomes student. If you start late on learning the facts of history, you’ll get old. Did you know it takes 12 years to become a historian? Long time, right? Well I don’t really care that it will take time, even though the saying “Time is valuable” is right, it relates to knowledge, and knowledge is valuable too so we aren’t just throwing out our time, we are spending it wisely. “If you want something bad, you’ll risk all your time for it, if it doesn’t happen, don’t give up, just try again” (said by Radhika Sharma :D). Sometimes, a historian becomes a teacher and sometimes, a teacher becomes a historian. But they are both the same, you both have something to teach to other people who don’t know such things that they do.

Another job is a traveller. Books are magical, you can travel back in time, without a time machine. You can go to exotic countries, without leaving the room. I love it that the thing I enjoy, reading, is all you have to do to get success in this job. Travelling all around the world with only a bookmark in your hand, that’s what keeps me interested in history, you also never know what’s going to happen next, though you can predict, just like a story. To take along with you, is a wide imagination “Just close your eyes, but keep your mind wide open.” (From the book “Bridge to Terabithia” By Katherine Paterson). I have crazy prediction. If I read, I feel like nothing can harm me. I just think about the conflict in the book, not a conflict anywhere else. I think I am safe. That’s how I feel. But, when I go back into reality, I know that’s never going to happen, it might, rarely. My crazy prediction (more like a guess) is that if you have the same idea in my head and read too long, then you’ll slowly turn deranged and never let anyone else in, sorry,I may be getting ahead of myself, but rest assure,that is only a prediction.

Clearly, since I really enjoy reading and the manuscripts , text books and old diaries fascinate me, so being a historian is the right job for me.

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Intro

Hi. My name is Radhika Sharma and I was born in India and I am from there as well. I currently live in Malaysia, I go to an International school in Kuala Lumpur and I have just entered Middle School. I have been living in Kuala Lumpur for 6 years and before lived in Germany for 2 years ( and no,  I do not speak German anymore). Before I lived in Germany, I lived in KL again for 2 more years.  I went to KL the first time when I was about 9 months so therefore I don't speak Hindi. There are 4 people in my family, my mom, my dad, my sister and myself. 


  The Books that I have read recently are the Septimus Heap series and I am currently reading Syren. Plus they are all written by Angie Sage. The series is basically about a boy named Septimus Heap, the long lost seventh son of the seventh son and about all his adventures with Princess Jenna (heir to the throne and Septimus' sister), his friend Beetle, who works as the Ice tunnels inspector for the Manuscriptorium, where all the Magyk books and old diaries are kept, and the rest of his family.

The last movie I saw was "Dear John" (my sister made me watch it) Based on the book by Nickolas Sparks. It is about a guy who's in the army and when he is on release for two weeks, he falls in love with a girl who's in college. When his John's (the army guy) 2 weeks are up, they promise each other that they will write to each other. It's a romantic (blea) drama which also has it's sad parts.

 My academic goal of the year is to learn about the history of man and the Earth and also try to get grades of B and above. I chose these two things for my acedemic goal beacause I enjoy reading history and reading all about Mythology (Greek mostly). The reason why I chose to try to get grades of B and above is it will be better and I don't want or need any stress for my first year in Middle School.  

My social goal is to make LOADS of more friends and keep out of the 8th Grader's way (I don't think they like us after the episode of what happened at lunch..). The reason why I want to make more friends is that no one will be my enemy (although I might have one or two that left) and I can communicate effectively with everyone, not only the people I know very well.

 My favorite vacation memory was when we went to Cameron Highlands with some family friends and eating a lot of strawberries and visiting the BOH tea factory.  It was really a great experience because I never used to eat that much fruit and when I went there I found out EVERYONE ate fruit every day of their lives, I was motivated to eat more of the fruits we have here. I loved being there, it was an  amazing event where I would like to relive again. 

I would describe myself as curious 'cuz I like to snoop around my apartment, clueless because I never know what's going on, a bit loco (would that be an adjective) because sometimes I shout random names of people that I see, shy when I meet a whole lot of people that I have no idea who they are ( past experience with my cousin's wedding,  I didn't know half the people's names and they where all on my side of the family!) and lost because I NEVER remember where the milk and forks are even though they were and are in the same place for the last 4 months ( I moved in April).