• Question: did you have any interests before science?

    Asked by warm520bota to elinsmith on 17 Jun 2025.
    • Photo: Elin Smith

      Elin Smith answered on 17 Jun 2025:

      I had lots of interests before I wanted to do science yes! I used to do a lot of dance when I was younger and I wanted to be a dancer, but then I fell in love with science and chose that instead.
      I still love dancing and have lots of interests outside of science that I do in my free time – such as reading, running and fitness, crochet and dancing 🙂

Comments

  • Photo: aureliabrzezowska

    aureliabrzezowska commented on :

    As a child, I loved fashion design and product design though my unsteady hands didn’t make me the best candidate. Technology has actually helped me greatly in getting back into this!

  • Photo: Andrew M

    Andrew M commented on :

    For me it always was and still is history. When I was 6-7 I lived in a cottage in the grounds of Caerlaverock Castle
    (https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/caerlaverock-castle/overview/),
    the castle grounds becoming my playground when the castle had shut for the day and the last of the visitors had left. It had a marked effect on my development. I found the history taught in school rather unsatisfying, so went down a different route, but the love of history has never left me.

  • Photo: martinpike

    martinpike commented on :

    I cannot remember a time before I was interested in how things worked. Actually I have become more interested in history, literature and photography as I have got older. I still read a lot about science fields I have no professional involvement in though.

  • Photo: melissau

    melissau commented on :

    I’ve always loved being active, whether doing indoor sports such as gymnastics or trampolining or being active outdoors going out walking, enjoying nature, horse riding. When I broke my leg badly in a horse riding accident a few years ago and wasn’t able to work or go out for several weeks my partner bought me a book of British birds and put up a bird table in our garden so that I could identify all the different birds coming in to feed (as well as a few other animals who were also trying their luck when birds dropped bits on the ground) During that time I got interested in photography, I’m not very good but I love playing with a camera to try to capture wildlife photos.