• Question: How long have you been a scientist/ Interested in science?

    Asked by amelia1408 to Duncan, Kiran, Paul, Sarah, Sharon on 16 Mar 2010 in Categories: .
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      Kiran Meekings answered on 16 Mar 2010:

      I’ve been a scientist since university (so about 8 years now) but I’ve always been interested in science – I started reading books about evolution and genetics and watching TV programs with David Attenborough and Robert Winston on them when I was about 13 and loved it…

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      Sharon Sneddon answered on 16 Mar 2010:

      Hi amelia and thanks for your question. I’ve been interested in scince since i was about 5 and I have been an actual scientist for about 12 years now! That makes me feel really old!!!

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      Duncan Murdock answered on 16 Mar 2010:

      I’ve been interested in nature since I was a kid, and always enjoyed it at school. But I knew I wanted to be a scientist when I was about 15.

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      Paul Stevenson answered on 17 Mar 2010:

      I’ve been interested in science for as long as I can remember. So I suppose that means I’ve been a scientist as long as I can remember. It was when I chose my GCSE subjects that I made the first conscious decision that steered me towards a career path in science, though of course I still studied non-science subjects too. I chose to study science at university – I did two degrees (like most people who want to go into research) and then got my first proper job as a scientist when I had left university at that somewhat old age of 25!

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      Sarah Mount answered on 18 Mar 2010:

      I guess I was always very curious about the world, when I was a kid I used to take my toys apart to see how they worked (then usually I couldn’t fit them back together, so I guess that’s why I never became an engineer!). I started thinking seriously about a career in science when I was a teenager, maths, physics and chemistry were my favourite subjects at school. I liked music and languages too, but generally I was better at science.

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