• Question: Have you always wanted to be a scientist? Have your parents effected your decision?

    Asked by alekss to Alastair, Hywel, Keith on 24 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Hywel Vaughan

      Hywel Vaughan answered on 24 Jun 2010:

      Good question alekss,
      Not always, but I have always had an interest in design and technology. I loved DT in school, and was always spending time in the workshops! I didn’t really see myself going into science, but I am really glad I did, I have never once regretted it 😀
      As for my parents, they have always been really supportive and basically said that I could go into whatever career I please, as long as I enjoyed it and was happy. That’s the piece of advice I would give to you – do what interests you. My parents effected me in the way that they were always there as support (and still are!), and that meant that I was confident enough to go down a route that I really enjoyed 🙂

    • Photo: Keith Brain

      Keith Brain answered on 24 Jun 2010:

      No, I when I was young I wanted to be an air traffic controller, then an actuary (a type of mathematical accountant), then a professional tennis player.

      Neither of my parent are scientists or doctors – my father is in marine insurance, and my mother helped part-time at a local preschool. My father did give me some advice: don’t do marine insurance! Other than that, I was lucky that they were happy for me to do whatever I wanted.

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