Lecture: 8/13

On the day of lecture, a guest speaker came to our lecture hall to give us a presentation about his career and accomplishments. The name of this individual is Stuart Smith. Stuart Smith is an archeologist who graduated from the University of California Berkeley, where he received his Bachelor’s degree, and graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, where he received both his Master’s degree and Doctorate’s degree in Archeology.  According to Dr. Smith, archeology is defined as context of historical objects. The job of archeologist, according to Dr. Stuart, is to “save lives.” This is done by carefully looking at context through the relationship of objects in space and time, which in general is the job of an archeologist.  To this day, Archeologists are still trying to ask question about the historical record because it is still not complete.

            Dr. Stuart Smith has traveled through Egypt, specifically Luxor where he studied and found some tombs that were dated back in 1400 BC.  He has gone to specific areas such as the cemeteries where he spent most of his career studying tombs and mummies. During his time in Egypt, he was able to learn their culture because of the living their for quite a while. He has flown hot air balloons in Southern Egypt and took many pictures of his grand adventure. Dr. Smith has gone to other location like Thebes. In Thebes, a lot of tombs are beautifully decorated which gave him of great interest and allowed him to do deep research on Ancient Egypt’s culture.

            Listening and learning about the many adventures that Dr. Stuart Smith has experienced inspired me to strive for success while I am here in the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has received his Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctorate degrees at two very highly known institutions. That truly reveals his passion for his major and his motivation to strive for success through higher education. I am honestly blessed to be part of this new community and I will do the best of my abilities to meet my own expectations to strive for success here in this University in order to fulfill my career just as Dr. Stuart Smith has done.