• Question: Have you always liked science

    Asked by anon-208923 to Tori, Titus, Stuart, Hannah, Gill, Alessandro on 6 Mar 2019. This question was also asked by anon-208743, anon-210547, anon-210530, anon-208929, anon-208897, anon-210348, anon-208291, anon-208867, anon-210338.
    • Photo: Tori Blakeman

      Tori Blakeman answered on 6 Mar 2019:

      No! There were many times over my school career where I hated it. Maybe if I had a teacher that I didn’t really get on with, or when the work just seemed too hard. I loved it when I was a lot younger in primary school when I first discovered science books, and I re-found my love for it again at around year 9, again when I started reading more outside school. It’s totally okay to sometimes love it and sometimes not, even when it’s your career!

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      Hannah Dalgleish answered on 7 Mar 2019:

      I liked all subjects when I was at school (apart from P.E.). I didn’t always like all the sciences though, Biology and Chemistry were my favourite for a while, and I actually hated Physics! But I moved school and then I had a really awesome Physics teacher and the rest is history. 🚀

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      Stuart Higgins answered on 8 Mar 2019:

      Yes, I’ve found it frustrating and boring at times, but overall I’ve always liked it.

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      Gill Harrison answered on 8 Mar 2019:

      I loved chemistry (great teacher), but was not great at physics. Biology of humans was one of my favourites, but I didn’t study plants for a few years, so struggled at A-levels when it was more plants than humans.

Comments

  • Photo: Alessandro

    Alessandro commented on :

    Yes, I always loved science as I love numbers.
    It has always excited me find, for example, the right solution to an equation.
    However, I also like the scientific approach even in no scientific topics, where essentially your conclusions are driven by data and information.

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    anon-208351 commented on :

    I never used to like science in primary school because we never did experiments but in high school we do experiments and it is very fun and interesting.

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    Gill commented on :

    I think doing experiments does help to make science real. I always loved the practical side of things, probably why I work in imaging, as I get to use big bits of equipment all the time.
    It’s easier to understand things when you can test it out for yourself.