• Question: When i was at school i loved to study about plants and animals and wildlife what was your favourite thing that you liked to study about and why?

    Asked by dior101 to Christine, Edd, Jess, Nicolas, Zara on 13 Jun 2011. This question was also asked by animelvr7.
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      Nicolas Biber answered on 13 Jun 2011:

      I always liked science subjects, and my favourite was maths … I think because it is a very challenging subject, and it’s always a feeling of success when you realise that you finally understand a problem. Later I also liked physics, because physics relates maths to the real world. How I became a biologist and not a mathematician or physicist has to do with my desire to remain connected with nature, and biology is very rewarding in that way. I also got to do lots of maths and physics in my studies.

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      Edward Codling answered on 13 Jun 2011:

      Like Nicolas I liked maths at school. Iliked spotting the patterns in numbers and knowing that there was only ever one answer to a question – subjects like biology always seemed much more ‘fuzzy’ and subjective as you could answer questions in different ways.

      However, now the open-ended nature of a lot of ecological and biological problems is what interests me. I still get to use and develop my maths skills and knowledge but I can apply my ideas into new and interesting problems relating to animals and plants in the real world!

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      Zara Gladman answered on 13 Jun 2011:

      Like you, I used to love studying wildlife… because I think animals are very interesting! There were loads of questions I wanted answers to – do flying fish fly? do animals help each other? do they communicate? what happens when you move an animal to a new place? The list goes on! That’s why I decided to study zoology at uni, to get answers to some of those questions!

      I also really enjoyed art and music at school. In art, I found painting really relaxing and fun. In music, I played clarinet and piano and performed in a school band.

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      Jessica Chu answered on 13 Jun 2011:

      My favourite thing at school was cell biology. In the textbooks I always see the pictures of cells in our body and then I take a look at my hand and I just can’t believe I am made up of them!!
      And something so small, each have a ‘life’ of its own is also responsible for what we are like!!!
      So that is why I love it and is still studying cell stuff!

      I also like history- learning about what happened before I was even born and how the events that have happened made today how it is today!

      Also art was great because it was the only time when I am allowed to draw/paint and chat to my friends all at once!

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