• Question: were you pressured into persuing a career of science or was it personal prefference?

    Asked by a1s2h3 to Fiona, Jane, Joanna, Michelle, William on 16 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Michelle Murphy

      Michelle Murphy answered on 15 Jun 2010:

      my sisters both did well at school one is a doctor and the other an occupational therapist (kinda like a physio but works with children who have disabilities) so any pressure was just to do well and probably my own doing and nothing to do with my parents. Luckily I liked science and did well at it. I researched the unis I wanted to go to and courses I wanted to do myself and I think made the right decision as I now love my job. 🙂

    • Photo: William Davies

      William Davies answered on 15 Jun 2010:

      definitely personal preference. my parents were never pushy and i was always interested in how things worked, particularly the human body

    • Photo: Jane Henry

      Jane Henry answered on 15 Jun 2010:

      My parents wanted me to be happy and did not pressure me in anyway. I felt free to pursue my own choices. At school I spent time checking out what sort of psychology was tsaught at different universities before I applied.

    • Photo: Fiona Randall

      Fiona Randall answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      Hiya 🙂
      Noone has ever pressured me into doing anything! I can be pretty awkward and tend to do the things I want to. I just ended up doing science really-I did my A levels in science, then my degree and then when I worked in industry on Alzheimer’s I fell in love with research and the thought that my work may help improve people’s lives.

    • Photo: Joanna Brooks

      Joanna Brooks answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      Hello. It was a personal preference. Everyone in my family does different things – some of them are teachers, some of them work in shops, some of them are scientists. I was lucky to have a very open family background.

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