• Question: was science always your favorite subject at school

    Asked by BEN DELANY to Christie, Dan, David, Dawn, Sian on 11 Jun 2016. This question was also asked by Lila, science1, Izzy-Kate123.
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      Christie Waddington answered on 11 Jun 2016:

      Yes and no! My favourite subject was maths, mainly because I didn’t have to work very hard at it. I liked science, but not all the sciences! I wasn’t very good at Physics and had to work very hard at it during GCSE. I started liking biology at A level, but only the Genetics part, but back then there was only 1 module out of 6 that had genetics in! But, I had to learn about ecology, plants etc which I didn’t really like. What I realised was that I was reading up on genetics outside of school in my spare time and that Genetics was what I really wanted to do. Then it was a case of working out how to do genetics and what exams I needed to get there. Even though I might have to learn some boring stuff along the way!

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      David Robertson answered on 11 Jun 2016:

      @ 626thaf28
      I liked physics and was quite good at maths. I also did chemistry and biology, but didn’t like them as much, despite my dad being a biology teacher.

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      Sian Thomas answered on 12 Jun 2016:

      Yes, I liked anything where there was a ‘right’ answer! So loved science and maths. At A level I found the experimental approach to physics challenging so only continued with biology, chemistry and maths. Now I wish I had persevered ?.

      I really loved biochemistry – without realising it at first but then changing my pharmacology degree to biochem in year 1! Most of all I enjoyed biotech and food – and food tech is still a passion all these years later.

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      Dawn Lau answered on 13 Jun 2016:

      Yes, I’d probably say Chemistry was my one of favourite subjects, mainly because my teacher made learning really fun! I enjoyed Physics because of another fantastic teacher, but I did struggle with some of the concepts. And I never took Biology! (Sometimes I am still surprised that I got into a Neuroscience degree without the biology background!)

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      Dan Lewis answered on 13 Jun 2016:

      Yes and no, I was always interested and fascinated with the sciences and I always loved the practical work, it was only till I left school that I began to love the subjects.

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