<p>My undergraduate diploma is hanging next to Happydad’s undergraduate diploma right on the wall here so I can look at them while I type madly away at the computer. I think, but I am not absolutely certain, that our graduate diplomas are in the bedroom closet. None of them got framed because we would have had to pay for it whereas our own Happymoms were delighted to shell out for the framing of the first degrees.</p>
<p>My undergraduate degree: Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology
Work experience due to that degree: Two seasons of field work in historical archeology in the US, and one lab job in my graduate field (soil science) because the hiring manager had had an old girlfriend from my undergraduate college. I might have got the job anyway as it was at the same university where I’d just received the M.S., but all my boss wanted to talk about during the interview was the old girlfriend.</p>
<p>Happydad’s undergraduate degree: Biology
Work experience due to that degree: Graduate assistantship in Biochemistry while completing M.S. and Ph.D. Now working as a senior scientist in Biotech.</p>
<p>And I’m not working in archaeology or in soil science. I’m now teaching English as a Second Language. Life is long and you may be surprised where you end up.</p>