• Question: did you find science hard when you were at school?

    Asked by E_kelleher to Francesca, Laura, Matthew, Andrew, Rebecca on 16 Nov 2014.
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      Matthew Camilleri answered on 16 Nov 2014:

      Not really, I was always good in science subjects, and I used to find them relatively straightforward. That does not mean that there were no particular areas in science where I had problems though. I used to work harder in the areas where I was unsure in order to ensure that I have a good understanding of everything we had covered in class.

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      Laura Schofield answered on 17 Nov 2014:

      I found it really hard to read about science and learn from books or what the teacher wrote on the board. It was really boring and I wanted to do the experiments and reactions we were talking about!! It became much easier at Uni when we started having 8 hours of practicals a week!!

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      Rebecca Ingle answered on 17 Nov 2014:

      I actually found chemistry quite difficult at A level, I was good at the kinetics and calculations but really struggled with learning all the organic reaction mechanisms I needed and trying to remember various colours for tests. I’m not sure I was that confident I was good at science really until I’d finished my undergraduate degree. Then when you get to postgrad research level you realise you really don’t know anything at all!

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      Andrew McKinley answered on 17 Nov 2014:

      No, I was too interested to find it hard! I’m not going to say it was easy though – it just was what it was!

      The truth is that if you enjoy something, it doesn’t feel like work. Was I doing more work on science subjects than geography? It didn’t feel like it – i hated geography! But the truth was that because I enjoyed science I probably put more effort into my work without realising it, rather than moaning about how much I hated geography.

      The truth is that nothing is easy – other than saying “No” to something. Doing nothing requires no effort at all, but then you end up with nothing in return! So, since you have to do something, you may as well do something you enjoy – but find a way to get something in return!

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      Francesca Palombo answered on 17 Nov 2014:

      No, I had a very good science teacher – she first made me love it

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