Noosa District State High School Year 11 Social and Community Studies students have made contact with The Beauty and The Geek’s George Sinapius to learn more about reality television as well as his palaeontology work at the Age of Dinosaurs Museum in Winton.
The Year 11 students are investigating a variety of career pathways as part of their Social and Community Studies program this term, and with many fans of the reality television series, Beauty and the Geek, the students are enjoying discovering the ’real’ reality of reality television firsthand through Mr Sinapius’s experience.
The students are interested to learn more about dinosaurs and the training and qualifications required to be a palaeontologist, and they wrote out questions to ask Mr Sinapius in a letter that was mailed today.
The questions from the class include:
1. What is your favourite dinosaur and why?
2. How much money can a palaeontologist earn?
3. What is the highlight of your career thus far?
4. Did you get paid for your reality television appearance?
5. What is the most rewarding aspect of your job?
6. What is your biggest achievement to date?
7. Would you go on reality television again?
8. Do you enjoy your job? Why/why not?
9. What are the worst aspects of your job?
10. What is your favourite memory?
11. Have you always been interested in dinosaurs?
12. Did you enjoy being on Beauty on the Geek?
13. Why did you go on Beauty on the Geek?
14. Do you want to travel the world looking for fossils?
15. Why did you want to be a palaeontologist?
16. Is it isolating living in Winton?
17. Are you still in contact with any of the people you met from Beauty and the Geek?
18. What is reality television really like?
19. What is the oldest dinosaur you have found?
20. Have you ever considered a different career?
21. How many different jobs have you had in your life?
22. How long have you been working at the Age of Dinosaurs?
23. Do you get recognised for being on television?
24. What challenges have you overcome as palaeontologist?
25. What is the weather like out in Winton? Is it very hot?
The class look forward to receiving Mr Sinapius’s reply.
