• Question: why did you want to become a scientist?

    Asked by anon-191614 to Kathryn, Graeme, Adam, Chris, Anne, Agnes on 4 Nov 2018. This question was also asked by anon-191615, anon-191491, anon-191487, anon-191644, anon-191646, anon-191640, anon-191637, anon-191730, anon-191733, anon-191594, anon-191589, anon-191595, anon-191178, anon-191173, anon-191557, anon-191166, anon-191462, anon-191531, anon-191134, anon-191174, anon-190938, anon-190900, anon-191581, anon-191655.
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      Kathryn answered on 4 Nov 2018:

      Hi 987ensp44,

      I always liked science and I really enjoyed learning more about various aspects of all the sciences and so I always knew I would be a scientist of some sort, I consider being a solicitor for a while, but it soon passed. I enjoyed (still do) discovering new ideas and I have always had a scientific outlook on life, asking questions and being curious.

      Originally I wanted to be a equestrian vet. I decided to get some work experience at a veterinary clinic which, let’s just say put me off (cleaning up cat sick with worms wiggling in it will do that).

      I then focused on physics and considered studying engineering following my father’s career, but I found the exams difficult at A-level. I then learned about geology, which covered all the aspects of geography that I enjoyed and so I started down that route and never looked back!

      Thanks for your question.

      Cheers

      Kathryn

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      Adam McGuinness answered on 5 Nov 2018:

      Hi Cerennaz!

      I was always into science in school, I did way better in it than in Arts or Languages, then once I had left school, even when I was working in offices and banks I still liked to read about it in the papers, magazines and on the internet etc.

      So basically it was a long term interest in science, then when I did my first degree, I LOVED working in a lab, performing experiments. I decided then I wanted to do something similar for a job in the future.

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      Anne Green answered on 6 Nov 2018:

      I really enjoy learning about new things, solving problems and doing maths. And doing science, in particular theoretical physics, is a mixture of those things.

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      Agnes Wojtusiak answered on 6 Nov 2018:

      I always asked a lot of “annoying” questions… Once my teachers couldn’t answer them, I decided to answer them myself through science!
      (Then I found out that there are lots of questions that science can’t answer yet… which is SO COOL because maybe one day I can!)

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      Graeme Poole answered on 7 Nov 2018:

      To push the boundary of human knowledge and discover things that no-one else knows about

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      Chris Davies answered on 7 Nov 2018:

      Honestly, I loved science in school and always preferred science and technology subjects more than arts and language but (like a lot of you probably) I never really thought about becoming a scientist. I used to think that science was lab coats and safety goggles, and some of it is, but I’ve found that being a scientist can mean a lot of other things too!

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