apparently one of the avenues open to aspiring writers on the internet is doing homework assignments for other people. this is, unfortunately, probably the only way i am ever going to get paid to write about anthropology. today i got a real opportunity to do this for the first time, and the money was decent (well, better than eHow, anyway, but i guess that's not hard). i think that i feel ok about this in my brain, because really, what is going to happen if someone unqualified becomes an anthropologist? maybe they will write an inspiring book about shamanism, like carlos castaneda, or a popular quote ("never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. in fact, it is the only thing that ever has"), like margaret mead. umm, sorry about that world.
unfortunately, my newly cultivated intuition is telling me this is a bad idea. damn intuition. i just hope it's really intuition and not some lingering sense of false moralism, because i turned the offer down.
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