• Question: How old were you when you wanted to become a Scientist?

    Asked by 07farrerly to Betul, Bridget, Ceri-Wyn, Laurel, Maria on 18 Jun 2010 in Categories: . This question was also asked by keri, laurasamways, firefly8, xrachierulzx, aimeeenglish, katiemk.
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      Maria Pawlowska answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      Thanks for the question. I wanted to be a scientist since I was 6 years old – that’s when I saw my first dinosaur skeleton in a museum and decided that dinosaurs are awesome and I want to learn more about them.

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      Laurel Fogarty answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      I was 19 when I started studying science. Before that I was a journalist (in training!)
      I always liked science in school. I especially liked physics but I also loved English so it was hard to decide what to do when I left school (in Ireland we leave a little earlier than in the UK, I was 17). It varies so much from person to person. Its always nice to know what you want to do when you leave school and to have a plan, but its also good to know that you can end up doing something you love even if you take a wrong turn at first!

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      Bridget Waller answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      Hi!

      I always liked science at school, especially biology! But I never really knew what I wanted to do until much later, after University. I was lucky because I had achieved good results so it was easier to have more options about what I wanted to do. Which is why it can be so helpful so work hard at school – it just gives you more choices.

      Bridge

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      Ceri-Wyn Thomas answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      Hi- I was fourteen and I blame Jurassic Park- I always wanted to be a palaeontologist after I saw that!

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