• Question: have you always enjoyed science, if so, what type is your favorite? :)

    Asked by anon-254868 to Sylvia, Sophie, Siti Syuhaida, Sarah, Kirsty, Alex on 19 May 2020.
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      Sophie Webber answered on 19 May 2020: last edited 19 May 2020 12:17 pm

      Hi Grace!

      In all honesty, no – I did not always enjoy science! I didn’t do very well in my Year 9 SATS and I was subsequently put in the bottom set for Science for my GCSE years.

      Luckily, I had amazing teachers at GCSE who made science understandable and enjoyable to me, so much so that I studied Physics and Chemistry at A-Level (after getting A’s at GCSE). Science became enjoyable to me when I began to see how science is used in day to day life. For example, learning about forces didn’t seem very interesting until I understood that Engineers use forces to make a building stand up!

      Physics was my probably favourite subject; I particularly enjoyed anything to do with space! At one point, I wanted to be a Civil Engineer so that I could design launchpads for NASA!

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      Sylvia Soldatou answered on 19 May 2020:

      I did! My favourite subjects at school were chemistry and biology. I must admit that I wasn’t great in physics or maths but I still liked them

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      Kirsty Pringle answered on 20 May 2020:

      I’ve always enjoyed bits of it, but not all of it!

      I hated doing Chemistry experiments in school (and Uni!), they seemed so pointless and I am not very good at following instructions. But I enjoyed the theory behind it all; understanding why stuff happens. It’s like hearing a good story, starting from not knowing something to understanding how it works and seeing how it all fits together.

      These days I get to be a scientist but don’t do any lab work, which is perfect for me!

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    Gareth commented on :

    Great question! I hated science subjects, and maths at school! I took chemistry and physics but only because I was heavily influenced by my father to do so. I scraped a pass in both, and hoped to never see either again!

    However, once I started college, and later university, where I studied Environmental Science, I could see that there are loads of different kinds of science and scientists. I just needed to find the bits that I enjoyed and could see ‘real world applications’ in, such as botanical surveys to assess a habitat, or how pH levels influence plants, or the implications of heavy metal use and disposal in mining communities. Once I discovered that science was everywhere, and wasn’t just about numbers and experiments (though these bits are important, and fun too for lots of people), I started to love the topic.

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    anon-254868 commented on :

    thanks for everyone that replied its interesting to see how people change over the years!

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    Emily commented on :

    I enjoyed biology but not the other sciences at school. I was fairly good at them but found I really had to work hard and much preferred PE which is why I studied sport & exercise science at university. Now I work as an environmental public health scientist so applying my background science knowledge, combining it with the health aspect as well as constantly learning as I go.