• Question: Was there anyone in your family that encouraged you to be a scientist?

    Asked by to Daren, Lynne, Phillip, Simon on 17 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by .
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      anon answered on 17 Jun 2014:

      None of my family ever had any interest in science. My dad still likes to tell people all about how he doesn’t know where I’ve got it from and they must have swapped me at the hospital (haha, very funny dad).
      But my parents are really supportive of me and would have encouraged me to do anything at all if it was really what I wanted to do!

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      Daren Fearon answered on 17 Jun 2014:

      I was the first person in my family to go to university and get a PhD so my family couldn’t really advise me on being a scientist but of course they encouraged me to do something that they could tell I was passionate about.

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      Lynne Thomas answered on 17 Jun 2014:

      I think if my parents had tried to encourage me to become a scientist I would have become the opposite! My family were really supportive though and let me follow my own interests. My Dad was useless at science but my mum was an engineer so I think she must have helped support my interest. My brother has no real interest in science though so my family are split down the middle!

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      Phillip Manning answered on 18 Jun 2014:

      My Art teacher at school encouraged me to continue my education. None of my family had been to University, so it was difficult to discuss such things. I am glad that I listened to the advice.

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