• Question: Have you ever had anyone you have looked up to as a person, be what u are now? ( a scientist )

    Asked by bill2055 to Mark, Ian on 17 Jun 2013. This question was also asked by pmarshall.
    • Photo: Mark Hodson

      Mark Hodson answered on 17 Jun 2013:

      Hi Bill,

      eventually yes but not whilst I was at school. At school I wanted to go to university and be a scientist because I enjoyed the subjects. Once I got to University I was taught by some inspirational scientists.

      cheers

      m

    • Photo: Ian Wilson

      Ian Wilson answered on 21 Jun 2013:

      Hi bill2055 and pmarhsall,

      For the first 4 years of secondary school, I had the same Chemistry teacher – Dr Randall. I really looked up to him because he was an excellent teacher who was funny, patient and made the science really exciting., He’d completed a PhD so he was a science researcher before he became a teacher.

      Like Mark though, the first scientists I met were when I was at university. One of my lecturers was brilliant – she taught us about fungi and looked like Professor Trelawney from Harry Potter! But she was a genuinely lovely person and I’d have loved to work with her on a project if she hadn’t retired

      Cheers!

      Ian

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