• Question: When did you discover that you liked science?

    Asked by Elisaben to Eoin, Ester, Ildiko, Natasha, Paul, Tom on 6 Nov 2017. This question was also asked by 226cesk27, 654cesk28.
    • Photo: Ester Gil Vazquez

      Ester Gil Vazquez answered on 6 Nov 2017:

      I had always liked science subjects, since I was in primary school, but it wasn’t until I was 16 that I got to be in a lab and experience real science. I guess I’d always had an interest in biology and doing hands-on work served as a confirmation of what I already knew. If you have any doubt of whether you would like to become a scientist (or a musician, or a writer, or whatever may cross your mind) why not giving it a try?

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      Natasha Myhill answered on 6 Nov 2017:

      In Yr9, I went on a chemistry camp, where we learned to do lots of cool things, one of which was making paracetamol. The first time I made it, it turned out brown… Definitely did something wrong! But then I tried again and got lovely white crystals. It was actually by going wrong that made me want to try again and get it right – that is pretty much what every scientist has to do at some point! I then took more interest in biology and chemistry at school – but I never liked physics!

    • Photo: Ildiko Somorjai

      Ildiko Somorjai answered on 9 Nov 2017:

      I was always fascinated when I went to the zoo or the aquarium (or just went outside!), and we had a great Science and Technology museum in the city near where I grew up, so I probably always liked science. But at School when I first started Biology I really didn´t like it at all! The teachers, the subject you learn about and the way it is taught make a BIG difference. And sometimes it just “clicks” for you that if you want to understand a particular problem you need to learn something you may not have thought interesting before. So in my case, while I decided that I wanted to focus on Biology at University (I moved to a different school and in my last year had a teacher I really admired), I really didn´t like Developmental Biology, a third year course I needed to take…..it was only after I did my Masters that I really understood that Developmental (and later Cell Biology) were really what I wanted to do! So never say never! (a lesson I keep learning!)

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