• Question: Who was your role model when you were younger?

    Asked by Zoe to Matthew, Neil, Paula, Pete, Philippa on 8 Mar 2015.
    • Photo: Philippa Jefferis

      Philippa Jefferis answered on 8 Mar 2015:

      I didn’t really have a role model when I was younger. In just had a particular enjoyment for science and so would do my own experiments at home. Mostly just making a mess though rather than discovering anything.

      I have more role models now, often people at work who are a few years older and are doing a job I would like to have. It is good to have people to ask how they achieved the role so you can learn what skills you need to develop.

    • Photo: Neil Taylor

      Neil Taylor answered on 9 Mar 2015:

      Hi Zoe!

      I studied Albert Einstein in primary school as part of a class project, and I really enjoyed finding out about him and what he accomplished in his life! I remember thinking that it was cool that, despite initially failing an entrance exam for university, he went on to put forward his theories on “Relativity” and contribute to “Quantum Theory” (which won him a Nobel prize in 1922) and become as well respected as he is today.

      I didn’t really understand what these were back then (I understand a little about them now, but certainly not a lot!), but I still thought it was cool.

      He was also passionate about a whole lot of things, including art and philosophy. Finding out about these other things made him seem more than just a scientist, and also made him more likable!

    • Photo: Pete Symons

      Pete Symons answered on 10 Mar 2015:

      This may sound really cheesy but my role model was my dad. My dad was a metallurgic engineer, which involved making metal powders to strengthen other metals, such as deep sea oil drills, because you don’t want the drill bit to wear out quickly because that would take time to change it (time is money!) then my dad used to help make the drill bits tougher to increase the time they could spend drilling!

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