• Question: other than a scientist, what did you want to be when you were younger?

    Asked by anon-220358 on 12 Jun 2019. This question was also asked by anon-220364, anon-220359.
    • Photo: Shobhana Nagraj

      Shobhana Nagraj answered on 12 Jun 2019:


      I definitely wanted to be a zoo keeper or someone who works with animal conservation – especially elephants and snow leopards – I love them!

    • Photo: Rebecca Moon

      Rebecca Moon answered on 12 Jun 2019:


      I always wanted to be a doctor. I was very determined.

    • Photo: Kaitlin Wade

      Kaitlin Wade answered on 12 Jun 2019:


      I remember wanting to be either a hair dresser or a vet.

    • Photo: Deepak Chandrasekharan

      Deepak Chandrasekharan answered on 12 Jun 2019:


      I wanted to work in wildlife conservation (as I love the natural world and watching animals and how they behave) and before that to be a pilot (as I had to take flights a lot to see my dad who lived in another country and kept on seeing pilots who just seemed the coolest people).

    • Photo: Nina Rzechorzek

      Nina Rzechorzek answered on 13 Jun 2019:


      I went through phases of wanting to fly jet planes and space shuttles, perform as an actress on stage (but not TV – I always hated cameras), a restaurateur, a barrister, and even…a politician….I think this was a lucky escape!

    • Photo: David Wilson

      David Wilson answered on 13 Jun 2019:


      I’ve thought about doing lots of different jobs over the years, here’s some of them:
      Paramedic, film-maker, running coach, physiotherapist, bike mechanic…

    • Photo: Rachel Hardy

      Rachel Hardy answered on 13 Jun 2019:


      At first I wanted to be a hairdresser, and then a lawyer. I decided that I wanted to be a scientist when studying for my GCSEs 🙂

    • Photo: Matthew Bareford

      Matthew Bareford answered on 14 Jun 2019:


      I wanted to be a musician. I loved music from primary school, so that was always my back up plan 😁

    • Photo: Kate Timms

      Kate Timms answered on 17 Jun 2019:


      I used to want to be a vet. Then a doctor. Then a lawyer. I could never decide.

    • Photo: Marianne King

      Marianne King answered on 17 Jun 2019:


      I think I wanted to do everything. Author, fashion designer, artist, plastic surgeon, nurse, psychiatrist… but a scientist was something that survived all these flights of fancy I had.

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