• Question: when did you start training to be a scientist? Why do you like science so much?

    Asked by 11hindc to Christina, Colin, Jess, Samaneh, Steve on 19 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Jess Bean

      Jess Bean answered on 19 Jun 2013:

      I think I started training to be a scientist even before I realised! I had a very good primary school teacher who absolutely loved science, and that probably rubbed off quite a lot on me. Going through Secondary School I kept enjoying science classes and eventually when it came to choosing subjects for A levels I had realised that’s the kind of think I’d like to do more of!

      I think I like science so much because it helps me make sense of the world around me. It explains (or tries to) why things happen and what things are made of.

    • Photo: Steven Gardner

      Steven Gardner answered on 19 Jun 2013:

      You’re always training to be a scientist. Even when you are one, you never stop learning.

      I like it so much because I’m unstoppably curious, I want to know everything, and science helps me explain what I see.

    • Photo: Christina Pagel

      Christina Pagel answered on 19 Jun 2013:

      Hmm. tricky. Being a scientist means you really do need all the (or at least most of the) science you learn at school – so everyone at school has already started their training to be a scientist… then it’s just a question of keeping going! Studying it at A-level and then your degree is the next step… then you have to do what’s called a phd (another 3 years at uni) and then you’re a qualified academic scientist… but as Steve says, you still keep on learning all the time. And that’s probably why i like science so much!

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