• Question: Were your parents keen on you being a scientist?

    Asked by to Ben, Emily, Hattie, Jemma, Veronica on 17 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by .
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      Veronica Celorrio answered on 17 Jun 2014:

      Good one!

      To be fair, my dad wasn’t. He though it was such a waste of time doing a PhD!
      Now he knows how much I enjoy what I do he really supports me, even though the distance in between us!

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      Emily Hayward answered on 17 Jun 2014:

      My parents never had much of an opinion about what I did. They encouraged me to wok hard at school and wanted me to go to university to increase my chances of getting a good job, but they were happy for me to do whatever I enjoyed doing most. My mum knows nothing about science as she was a hairdresser but was supportive of me doing whatever I wanted to…..I think now they are quite happy to have a scientist as a daughter though.

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      Ben Butler answered on 17 Jun 2014:

      My parents have always let me follow the career path that interests me. Neither of them have a clue about science… My Dad is a designer and my mum makes cakes for a cafe.

      Everyone has different interests, and I definitely wouldn’t want to be stuck doing something I didn’t enjoy, so being allowed to follow my own career path has been great.

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      Jemma Rowlandson answered on 17 Jun 2014:

      Hi!

      I’m the same as Emily, my parents did not really have an opinion. They both wanted me to do something so I would get a decent job, so I was always encouraged to do well at school and go to University.

      I changed my mind in college quite a bit, first I was going to be a teacher then an astronomer, but they always supported whatever I wanted to be at the time!

      Neither of my parents are in science, my mum is a swimming teacher and my dad works for a company that makes car parts. I think they’re quite proud that I am a scientist, but mainly they are just happy that I’m happy!

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      Harriet Aitken answered on 18 Jun 2014:

      I think my parents are happy I have found something that I enjoy but they aren’t really fussed what is it! I was very indecisive throughout school and I think my career ideas ranged from musical theater star to archaeologist…to be honest although I really enjoy what I do now, I’m still not sure what I will end up doing in the future although I hope I get to use everything I’ve learnt.

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