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Asked by to Dre, Charli, Heather, Oliver, Becky on 20 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by .
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Heather Price answered on 20 Jun 2014:
Hi sirnyancat22,
It just sort of….happened! I didn’t have a life plan, I just went along doing what I liked doing. My favourite subject at school was geography, so I went to University to study it in more detail. When I was at University I met lots of people in the next step of a science career and I thought, ‘that looks pretty fun!’, so I kept going.
I guess some people have it all planned from the start, but I didn’t, I’ve just kept going along doing what I enjoy, and it’s working well so far 🙂
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Charlotte Flavell answered on 20 Jun 2014:
Hey there sirnyancat22,
I became a scientist because I’ve always loved science and wanted to do a job that was related to it. I decided that I wanted to be a research scientist sometime while I was doing my A-levels, but once I got to university I changed my mind about what sort of science I should study.
I still can’t quite believe that I get paid to do something I enjoy so much! -
Rebecca Williams answered on 20 Jun 2014:
Hi Sirnyancat22,
I mostly became a scientist because it was a lot of fun! I really enjoed Geography at school, but thought that learning about the Earth was the most fun part. So I went to university to do Geology. That was a lot of fun, but the best bit was learning about volcanoes, so when I finished uni I volunteered at a Volcano Observatory for 6 months.
When I finished that I had to go home and get a job, it wasn’t as much fun as science was, so I decided to back to university to do volcanoes…and now I get to do that as a job!
When I was at school I was interested in being a scientist, but I didn’t know any, so I didn’t really know how you got to be one. I wish “I’m a scientist…get me out of here!” existed when I was at school!
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Oliver George answered on 20 Jun 2014:
Well I was always into things that were kind of sciency. One of my favourite places was the Natural History Museum in London. I was really into dinosaurs and fossils and stuff like that. For me, science has always been about finding out cool things about the world around us.
Becoming a professional scientist was something I kind of stumbled into though. 😉 Towards the end of university I got talking to one of the lecturers and they convinced me to do a PhD. It’s been nearly 2 years since then and I’m doing my PhD with them now. I’m still not sure what I’m going to do next (or even where I’m going to be doing it).
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Andrea Cristini answered on 20 Jun 2014:
I think it is sort of an addiction, an addiction to discover more about the universe and how it works, why things that we don’t pay much attention to in our everyday lives work the way the work.
For example, why the sky is blue or why water splashes when you drop something heavy on it.
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