• Question: how old were you when you first decided to be a scientist?

    Asked by Supergirlygirlxxx to Helena, Gabriel, Cat?, Elaine, Iain on 7 Mar 2016. This question was also asked by Greensnake22, Jaguar21, Megaladon41, Rabbit 22, Panda52, Lion11, Python49, 849cmte36.
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      Helena Quilter answered on 7 Mar 2016:

      Good question! I’ve always liked science at school but I had no idea what I wanted to do for a long, long time. When I chose my A levels when I was 16 I went for English, music, maths and chemistry – I wanted to keep my options open! Then I absolutely fell in love with chemistry and I had an amazing teacher so I decided that I wanted to be a scientist. So I guess when I was about 17! I kept doing what I enjoyed the most – which turned out to be science! 🙂

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      Cat Scott ? answered on 7 Mar 2016:

      When I was really little I wanted to be a dentist, then I decided I was too squeamish for that…! For a while I wanted to be a forensic scientist to study crime scenes and try to solve crimes, but as I got older I realised that I was more interested in the environment so that’s why I became an environmental researcher.

      ….I didn’t realise that until I was about 23 though (!) so you have plenty of time to work out what you want to do 🙂

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