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response to the story about the boy who wanted to be a paleontolo gist

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From: Rebecca Stone-Danahy (RebeccaStoneDanahy_at_TeacherArtExchange)
Date: Mon May 14 2001 - 12:31:27 PDT

This is in response to the teacher who wrote that she told a young student
that he was going to be a great artist some day. His response to her was
that he did not want to be an artist but rather a paleontologist.

My parents happen to have a paleontology exhibit that travels to schools
(www.dinodiscovery.com) in the Midwest. My mom wanted to make sure that I
responded to the teacher to let her know that the best paleontologists also
have tremendous art and creative skills. How else do they imagine and
create what the body looked like on top of newly discovered bones?

The combination of paleontology and art is a great career!

Becky 

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