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Asked by anon-204436 to Sally, Lucy, Louise, James, David, Dan on 2 Mar 2019.
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Sally Tilt answered on 2 Mar 2019:
In truth it probably varied with the teachers that I had – a great teacher can make such a difference to how much you enjoy a subject. As an example I wasn’t so keen on biology at GCSE but it was my favourite subject at A-level.
Obviously I like psychology now, but I also enjoy listening to people talk about areas of science that I know less about – chemistry, computer science, physics – most sciences end up linking to our lives in some way. I’m not that keen on flying, and so physics is helpful as it explains why the plane I’m in won’t fall to the ground!
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Dan Taylor answered on 2 Mar 2019:
My favourite was always biology, I actually didn’t get in that well with my psychology teacher at A level so it probably was a little counterintuitive to go on to study it at university. But I’m so glad I did. Naturally psychology is my favourite science now, given that’s what I am perusing now. My favourite areas are evolutionary psychology and neuroscience – probably because it’s a wonderful way to combine psychology with biology.
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Lucy Maddox answered on 2 Mar 2019:
I really liked Chemistry at school and I did it for A Level. I liked the patterns in it! We didn’t have psychology at school when I was studying.
My fave science now… tricky….. I think I see science as more like one big subject now – to do with studying things really carefully and well. I like hearing about surprising science and big questions from all different sciences – like what is dark matter? and how does the placebo effect work? -
Louise Rodgers answered on 3 Mar 2019: last edited 3 Mar 2019 11:10 pm
My favourite science at school was physics (at high school – I don’t really remember much primary school science!) because I was interested in space stuff outside of school and read about it, and also I had physics teacher who asked questions that made me think. I remember calculating force in a fairly straightforward lesson and working out how much force (or was it energy?!) it took to lift up a weight in my hand. I duly calculated it, then the teacher demonstrated lifting up the weight, then put it down and just lifted up his arm. He asked, ‘how much force does it take to lift this?’ and I really had to think about it because the obvious answer seemed to be ‘none’ but I knew that couldn’t be right!
I’ve never forgotten that – I did not go on to study physics after school (just as well if I can’t remember whether that lesson was about force or energy!) but I think that at least 50% of what I do now is trying to ask the right questions to make people think and look at things in a different way. Some of the psychologists I work with are sooooo good at this that when I’ve worked with them I feel like the world has changed a bit when I get home, but really its because my view of it has.
I think my favourite science now (apart from psychology of course) is Astronomy, which is really interesting. I love showing my children the constellations or other objects in the night sky, like the Space Station.
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David Chadwick answered on 4 Mar 2019: last edited 4 Mar 2019 4:58 pm
My favourite science at school was Chemistry. I studied this for my BSc Hons degree, and then afterwards for a PhD. But during my PhD I had to write a computer program to analyse my chemical results. And I found that I liked programming more than chemistry. So once I had graduated, I got a job as a computer programmer. And I have never looked back since. During my first job, I used to liken it to going to work to play chess everyday. It was so much fun and not like work at all.
So I can say that my favourite science now is computer science. If you like analysing things to find out how they work, and like solving problems, then you are sure to like computer science.
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James Munro answered on 10 Mar 2019:
I loved biology at school, but for the wrong reasons haha. I was really childish and enjoyed learning all this stuff about humans, animals, and plant life that were “rude” at the time. Plus, Mrs Bag was a nice old lady with a really soothing voice that would put me to sleep in the period just after lunch.
My grades were rubbish, but I got a good snooze 😀
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