• Question: when did you first take a interest in being a scientist ? was it the first thing that you want to be ?

    Asked by ryangwh to David, Helen, Ian, rhysphillips, Sarah on 15 Jun 2011. This question was also asked by raspberry13, kate8.
    • Photo: Rhys Phillips

      Rhys Phillips answered on 14 Jun 2011:


      I think so – I’ve always preferred science to other subjects and I didn’t really know exactly what job I wanted to do.

    • Photo: Helen Fletcher

      Helen Fletcher answered on 14 Jun 2011:


      I think I was 14 when I decided I wanted to be a scientist although I had no idea at the time what a scientist did or what I needed to do to become one. It was the first thing I wanted to be, although I did also want to be an astronaut.

    • Photo: Ian van der Linde

      Ian van der Linde answered on 15 Jun 2011:


      Yes, I think it was the thing that I was naturally drawn towards. I do like other subjects too (Engligh, Art, etc), but I was always better at science, and we tend to like things we are good at!

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