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Asked by tongs123 to Chris, Joanne, Kathryn, Kieran, Sarah on 4 Nov 2017. This question was also asked by 758furk43.
Question: did you like science when you were younger
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Chris Werner answered on 4 Nov 2017:
I can’t remember a time when I didn’t like science. It’s something I’ve grown up with a love for! My interests have expanded hugely from when I was younger, and that’s why science is great its so varied and there’s always more to find out and discover!
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Joanne Duffy answered on 7 Nov 2017:
I had a big interest in science when I was younger, but I was big into music and theatre and drama, and I thought that meant that I was bad at science. I couldn’t have been more wrong! In secondary school, in 5th year, I realised I really, really loved biology. I also took physics, and music and French. I was much better at biology than physics, and then I decided to take science at university. So even though I thought science was interesting when I was young, I never would have believed you if you’d told me I’d become a scientist!
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Kathryn Schoenrock answered on 8 Nov 2017:
Definitely- I was a huge nerd, always watching Indiana Jones, Star Wars and the like. All the heroes were professors and scientists… plus it’s very cool to understand the nature in your back yard!
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Sarah Guerin answered on 8 Nov 2017:
I did, but I liked lots of other things too đŸ™‚ Science was fun in my primary and secondary school, and it gradually became my favourite subject.
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Kieran Fraser answered on 10 Nov 2017:
I didn’t love or hate science when I was younger – I was just more interested in art and sports! I wasn’t very good at it which is probably why I didn’t love it at the time. But as I went through secondary school, it started to really grow on me – I never gave up on it and worked hard – and in university I really loved it!
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Joanne commented on :
I was much more into music and Irish when I was younger, and I loved “artsy” things like drama and theatre, but somewhere in my leaving cert years I discovered this passion for biology, and that’s where it started for me. I’d always had an interest in science, my dad is an engineer and I grew up learning lots about space exploration in particular, but I had this silly idea that you have to be a mega-genius to be a scientist, which is not true. You actually have to be very creative!
Kathryn commented on :
I did love it. I spent so much time outdoors. I was always having questions about why the leaves change colors? what do seals eat? why are they so fat? why is there foam on the ocean? I’m really happy it’s my job.
Kieran commented on :
I wasn’t a big fan of science in primary school or right up to Junior Cert – I don’t think I was very good at it! For some reason it was always my worst mark at exams even though I spent so much time studying it – it just wouldn’t go it. I had great teachers too so I just felt, okay science isn’t for me, and concentrated on other subjects – I loved art, sport and business.
But from transition year onward science started to grow on me. I did physics for my leaving cert and paired with maths, I found I loved problem solving! Just sitting at a desk and figuring out an equation. Maybe not as much as doodling, but enough to persuade me to pursue engineering in university. From there I studied chemistry (still hated it!), physics (liked it a bit more) and computer science (loved it!). So I never dreamed one day I could be a scientist – which I think is pretty fun!
Sarah commented on :
I did! I did science quizzes in primary school, but I didn’t like physics for ages. In Junior Cert it was my least favourite science, it wasn’t until we started doing more interesting physics for the Leaving that I wanted to keep doing physics. I thought about doing medicine for a while, for I was doing physics, chemistry and applied maths so I think I was always going to be a scientist of some kind!
leticia commented on :
nice i like science too…..one of my favourite subjects in school