Hi Im currently in High School and I want to study forensics when I leave........ Im sick of the comments that forensics isnt as fun/interesting as on TV I KNOW! I want to do it because it fasinates me, so please spare me of any of those sort of comments.....thanks I like writing because its a way to express yourself and when i talk to people i usually offend them.....not intentionally ofcourse, but they dont seem to get that. However, if i write the same thing in a story, they congratulate me on creativity..... Hehe...im looking forward to reviewing and submiting
Do you have an idea what you are working towards? I was on the way to be a forensic anthropologist until I got sick (in the days before Kathy Reichs lol) it was what I wanted to do from when I was six after watching a documentary on forensics and trying to combine it with my goal of being an archaeologist. Sure it is not as fun and interesting as on TV but it is still fun and interesting. Nice to meet you.
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Hi there IVI, welcome! Your avatar made me laugh out loud. Hello to you as well, Nightangel! I'm looking forward to being offended by you
Thanks all for welcoming me........ and Elgaisma, yes i do know what i would like to study, Criminalistics and possibly forensic psychology
Sounds good - good luck with that, I would find it interesting I love reading what men like Julian Boon write.
Don't let people get you down about the whole forensics thing. They're just jealous that you're headed for an awesome career while they'll be pushing papers. I'm an archaeology student and this summer I went on a dig; forensics isn't my area, but we did have some biological anthropology people who would look at the bones and tell us a few things about them (just the basics--we didn't have the facilities for chemical analysis or anything like that). No, it wasn't fraught with the anticipation of solving a crime and cheesy office drama, but it was nonetheless pretty awesome to see what you can tell from bones. Anyway, you can't know until you try it. Welcome to writingforums. Express yourself, and have fun
Forensics is awesomely cool and exciting. It's just cool and exciting in a way that doesn't (necessarily) involve The Who or popular internet memes.
