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Asked by jagalx to Lily, Laura, Mark, Paul, Sarah on 21 Jun 2010 in Categories: Scientist. This question was also asked by erandavitija, aashish3, margarita, hollylewisdavies, hannahjefferies.
Question: Did you always want to become a Scientist
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Lily Asquith answered on 15 Jun 2010:
Yes. I wanted to be lots of things, but science won in the end.
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Laura Maliszewski answered on 18 Jun 2010:
Pretty much. I also wanted to be a dentist for a while. I like learning new stuff, and that’s what science is.
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Paul Roche answered on 21 Jun 2010:
Not really – I liked sports more than science, but a careers teacher told me that science would be a better job. I thought about sports science, which was just becoming a new science area in the UK when I was doing my A levels, but again the careers teacher told me that there woul;dn’t be any jobs in that area, and I believed them, so I gave up on thoughts of being a sports scientist and ended up doing geophysics (the physics of the Earth and planets, atmospheres and oceans) and then after that astronomy.
I do still wonder what it would have been like if I’d stuck with my original plans, but I loved geophysics and I think astronomy is fascinating, so I can’t complain too much! Lots of my friends ended up in the army, which sounded quite exciting at the time, but I think overall I’m very happy as a scientist.
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Sarah Bardsley answered on 21 Jun 2010:
Not always no. I’m pretty sure at some point I wanted to be a Vet or a nurse. But when I became a teenager I really got into science and decided that it could be a good career choice. I had always enjoyed biology and wanted to continue learning about new things in the natural world.
Comments
jagalx commented on :
Why Did you want to become a scientist ?
abbiekeen commented on :
yeh why ?
Mark commented on :
Why – because I’ve always thought the way the world works is fascinating – always curious about how it works — hence wanting to find out hence being a scientist