• Question: Have you always wanted to be a scientist?

    Asked by gugugaga to Damien, Rachael, Simon, Suzi, Tim on 16 Jun 2011. This question was also asked by gabucy1, aislinnfleming, ellen23saunders, ball.
    • Photo: Suzi Gage

      Suzi Gage answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      Hi @gugugaga
      I wouldn’t say always. On my profile I’ve written about various other things I wanted to be, such as:
      Astronaut (no good, get air sick)
      Horse rider (fell off once and cried, so never went back!)
      Journalist (I’m writing a bit at the moment about science, so I’m getting to do this)
      Actress (not actually that good at acting, I think I’m better at it than everyone else thinks I am, anyway!)
      Rock star (I play in a couple of bands, so I’ve kind of achieved this one too)!

      Hope that answers your question 🙂

    • Photo: Rachael Ward

      Rachael Ward answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      Hi @ gugugaga
      No, not always. When I was younger I wanted to be a tennis player, a zoo keeper, a detective or a chef – quite varied really. Then when I started learning about the brain in science lessons I became more interested in becoming a scientist.
      I’ve never tried any of the other things but I do love being a scientist!

    • Photo: Damien Hall

      Damien Hall answered on 16 Jun 2011:

      No – when I was younger, I remember first wanting to be a doctor (which is a scientist, of course, but maybe not a researcher), and then I wanted to be a lawyer (I think because I knew they earned a lot of money and wore great robes). I figured out that I wanted to be a scientist about ten years ago or so – so I was in my mid-20’s by the time I realised!

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