• Question: have you always wanted to be a scientist from a young age?

    Asked by lozza2k11 to Charlie, Eoin, Jemma, Julian, Steve on 21 Mar 2011. This question was also asked by cake43.
    • Photo: Julian Rayner

      Julian Rayner answered on 17 Mar 2011:

      Hi lozza. I was always interested in the world, and finding out how it works, but didn’t decide that I wanted to be a scientist until late in high school/early in university. Inspiring teachers got me hooked, and i have never regretted it.

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      Stephen Moss answered on 17 Mar 2011:

      Hi Iozza

      Actually no. When I was a teenager I was just desperate to be a musician/song-writer. I’m not bad at song-writing, but if I’m honest with myself I was never going to make the big time. Being a scientist is a very good alternative, and I still regularly play the guitar and write music for my own enjoyment.

    • Photo: Eoin Lettice

      Eoin Lettice answered on 17 Mar 2011:

      Hi lozza,
      Yes I alwasy wanted to be a scientist. I just didnt know what kind of science I wanted to do. Eventually I chose biology and I’m really glad I did!

      Eoin

    • Photo: Charlie Ryan

      Charlie Ryan answered on 20 Mar 2011:

      hi lozza2k11 i guess i never had a strong desire to be a scientist. I liked science at school, especially physics and a little bit chemistry, but it never crossed my mind that being a scientist was what i wanted to be. I kind of just decided to do something that i had some interest in, and over the years that interest has grown. I now find most of science interesting, even biology!

    • Photo: Jemma Ransom

      Jemma Ransom answered on 21 Mar 2011:

      Not at all! I really didnt enjoy science at school, and to be honest I wasn’t very good at it. It was only when I got to university and realised that professional science is nothing like school science that I decided to pursue this as a career.

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