• Question: is being a scientist as hard as people say

    Asked by sean and robbie to Áine, Victoria, Lydia, Ciarán, Eoin on 12 Nov 2014. This question was also asked by jimbob, kirby.
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      Lydia Bach answered on 12 Nov 2014:

      Hi!

      No I don’t think so! Sure, you need to do some biology, chemistry or maths, but I would say its all about being passionate about it and wanting to be a scientist!
      Sometimes things are difficult when an experiment doesn’t work or when its a very long day of work in the lab or outside in the field. But its all worth it in the end, when you get to answer the questions you asked!

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      Ciarán O'Brien answered on 12 Nov 2014:

      I’d say it’s no tougher than most other jobs. If you were an accountant you’d be doing waaaay more difficult maths than I do most of the time. I’m glad I’m not an accountant…

      Science is seen as a difficult subject, so people can be afraid of it and stay away from it, and then tell all their friends it’s hard without even trying it, so it gets a bad reputation. But it’s fine, really.

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