I became interested in science when I started working in the polymer industry and doing day-release courses at college on polymers. These strange materials
surround us all everyday and modern life would be impossible without them.
It was always my favourite subject at school and luckily I always had amazing teachers. I really enjoyed going to science fairs and learning about things other than what we did at school. Based on this I decided to keep learning about it and here I am!
My family really helped me to be interested in science. My dad is a Maths teacher, my granddad was a Physics teacher and my uncle was doing a PhD in astrophysics when I was younger. I used to really love watching documentaries on science and learning about how and why things happen. My favorite was learning about space.
My (chemistry) teachers were very good – they managed to explain concepts well and made it fun to learn about… Even when faced with equations or lots of memorisation they found a way to make it interesting 🙂
I think it was a combination of good teachers (chemistry, biology and a “concepts in science” teacher) and having the opportunity to participate in a couple of events during my first year in 6th form – first was participating in a student science forum, which meant I got to meet PhD students and researchers, and second was a “Young Scientist” competition where I designed a wind turbine. I got quite the kick out of that and also had an opportunity to go to a Science Forum in London, which also exposed me to a lot of different fields and ideas.
If you’re wondering how to garner your own interest – I’d suggest reading, watching documentaries (Carl Sagan’s Cosmos is great stuff) and looking up the things that interest you, or even taking on your own project!
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