Tag: history

For the anon who’s interested in history – I’m a former history major, matriculated in 2013. I’m not gonna give some long story, but here’s a list of the jobs that a few of my classmates and I have found ourselves doing: teacher, business consultant, foreign affairs analyst, diplomat, journalist, freelance researcher, national internal security analyst, international relations for a major airline company, banker, librarian, funeral director, politician… plus lots of graduate fields.

(history anon again) The short of it is that for history, at a collegiate level, it’s NOT about learning the facts. You should already know the facts. What you are learning will not be history, it will be how to WRITE history. How it’s compiled and put together and sourced and reviewed. When people hire you it isn’t for your knowledge on such and such a battle, it’s because you’re able to put together coherent essays and brilliant analysis from shitty sources and explain how you got there.

Absolutely – your skills will be transferable in all directions, Graduate!Nonnie. 

Thank you History Anon!

Hi! Sorry, but just wanna say I was just really happy to see you reblog the post that corrected that another person on their view on Finland. As a finn and as a person who loves history it was really nice that someone had corrected the false information. Bye! ps. have a good day :)

Ah, I’m really glad, Nonnie. I know it was a very aggressive rebuttal, but the information was sound, and it’s always a good thing to remind myself that oppression, colonialisation and even institutionalised prejudice does not always look the same in different areas of the world. As an Australian, it looks a very different way here, and our history and politics of racism and oppression do not universally translate. I am glad to know more about the world, about European and Scandinavian history, and about awesome Finland!

I hope you have a wonderful day too, Nonnie!