• Question: What was your dream job when you were younger, was it a scientist?

    Asked by akivayr6 to David, Helen, Ian, rhysphillips, Sarah on 16 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Rhys Phillips

      Rhys Phillips answered on 15 Jun 2011:

      I didn’t really think about it that much – I always enjoyed science and found I was better at it than other things though.

    • Photo: David Corne

      David Corne answered on 15 Jun 2011:

      My earliest memory is that I wanted to be a superhero. When I became a bit more mature, I still wanted to be a superhero. Then, I became a superhero – called “Cubeman”, because if anyone, anywhere, had a messed up Rubik’s cube, I was ready to fly to the disaster zone and get all the colours in the right place in under a minute. But that got boring, so I became a scientist.

    • Photo: Ian van der Linde

      Ian van der Linde answered on 15 Jun 2011:

      Yes, I was naturally drawn to being a scientist because I was interested in the natural world and the way it works. I find it very strange when I meet people who aren’t interested in the world they live in!!! I think young people have a sense of wonder, and it’s a shame that as people get older, sometimes they lose that – those who work in science, I would say, have kept their sense of fascination about the world, which is a nice way to be!!

    • Photo: Helen Fletcher

      Helen Fletcher answered on 16 Jun 2011:

      I wanted to be scientific officer an the starship enterprise but my maths wasn’t good enough for that so I’m a biologist instead!!

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