• Question: Would you have made any different schooling choices knowing what you do now?

    Asked by Ruby J to tarasutherland, stephaniebayne, Mary C, kerrygordon, Jonathan S, Jessica M, Isabelle S, Hannah, andrewrichardson on 20 Mar 2025.
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      Jessica McCreery answered on 20 Mar 2025:

      I don’t think so! I am a big believer in looking forward and not looking back because we can’t change the past. All of the decisions I made in the past have led me to where I am today. The only thing I would have done in school and at University is not struggle in silence and asked my teachers for more help when I was struggling on a topic. Would have made me a lot less stressed!

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      Tara Sutherland answered on 29 Mar 2025:

      Probably not, I didn’t find some my subjects particularly easy at school (especially Maths and Physics) but I enjoyed them and it taught be a lot about learning new ways to study etc, which I think helped when I went to University. Whilst I work in biology related fields, I use Maths all the time in my work!

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      Hannah Scholes answered on 10 Apr 2025:

      Probably not, no. I like to say I “took the long way around” to get to where I am now, but I’ve met so many people and learnt so much by doing that, I wouldn’t change it for the world!

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    melissau commented on :

    Probably not – although I had to go ‘back to school’ at a tutorial college to do science A levels in order to apply for vet school (I did Maths, French and German first time around) I enjoyed my school lessons for the original subjects and I still use my French and German skills now and again (I’m currently working on a veterinary research project based in a French speaking country, so that’s a great opportunity to build on existing skills and add a whole new set of technical French vocabulary that I didn’t learn in school).