• Question: Did you enjoy science in school or did you only get to enjoy it when your were in university or had a job?

    Asked by elliejones to Adam, Catherine, Karen, Leila, Nazim on 14 Mar 2012. This question was also asked by avkoppula, lol4eva, tonieastup123.
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      Leila Battison answered on 14 Mar 2012:

      I think you have to have enjoyed science at school to think about doing it at university. When I was at school I loved science and art just as much as each other, and it was a really big decision for me when I started my A-levels, because I had to choose one or the other.

      I’m glad I chose science because doing it at university has helped me get a job in it, and I can do art in my spare time. If I’d done art as a job, I don’t think I’d have been able to do science in my spare time, because you need training and a lab really.

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      Catherine Rix answered on 14 Mar 2012:

      I’ve always liked science, but at university it was even better because I got to do lots of lab work, which is my favourite bit of science

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      Adam Stevens answered on 14 Mar 2012:

      I actually enjoyed science the least in my second year of Uni. So much I nearly quit!

      I’m glad I didn’t though, it got a lot better when I chose to do things i was actually interested in rather than what the University told me to do.

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      Nazim Bharmal answered on 19 Mar 2012:

      I did enjoy science at school, but I did find it a little bit frustrating and actually my favourite subject was geography at A-level. So when I went to university, I was lucky I chose a course (Natural Sciences) that let me study geology (a lot like physical geography) and physics at the same time. I decided that I couldn’t write essays fast enough in exams (!) so I decided to do physics in my 2nd year: and I also really started enjoying physics too.

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