• Question: how did you become a scientist

    Asked by lauren95 to Adam, Geoff, Rob, Sheila, Suzie on 23 Mar 2011 in Categories: .
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      Adam Tuff answered on 22 Mar 2011:

      Study hard, work hard, and most of all love what you’re doing! Not everyone will grow up to be scientists, but everyone will grow up to be voters! It’s important to know about science no matter what job you want to do, because one day you will make decisions that will affect what science is done, no matter how small!
      If you want to become a scientist, really get to know your physics, chemistry and biology – get good grades at GCSE, and take those subjects at A-Level too. Next stop: University, and the road to becoming a scientist!

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      Robert Simpson answered on 23 Mar 2011:

      I was interested in how things worked from a very young age and then I studied science at A-Level and really enjoyed it. That lead me on to my degree and then PhD. At some point along the way then I became a professional scientist, but I think some of us are always scientists in the way we think.

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      Suzie Sheehy answered on 23 Mar 2011:

      Hi lauren, great question and if you don’t mind I’m going to refer you to a blog post I wrote about this just before this competition started, because it’s a bit of a long story!

      http://highheelsinthelab.blogspot.com/2011/03/im-scientist-no-thanks-to-you.html

      Let me know if you have any questions about it or if you want to know more 🙂

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      Sheila Kanani answered on 23 Mar 2011:

      It kind of just happened! Well I realised I wanted to be an astronaut and at that time Michael Foale had just become an astronaut, and I read about his path to doing so. He went to uni and did sciences then did a PhD in astrophysics, so I thought I would copy his route. The rest is history! 😀

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