• Question: Would you thank your school science teachers for where you are today?

    Asked by 478sprg52 to Andrew, Dan, Emilia, Helen, Katy, LauraAnne, Stephanie on 7 Nov 2016.
    • Photo: Dan Gordon

      Dan Gordon answered on 7 Nov 2016:


      Absolutely. I was introduced to science by some passionate and engaging teachers, Sheila Carey who taught me Sports Studies and Dr Kevin Tansley who taught me Human Biology. Without them I would not have seen science for what it is.

    • Photo: Helen Hanstock

      Helen Hanstock answered on 7 Nov 2016:


      I definitely would! My science teachers definitely helped and encouraged me, but my P.E. teacher was really the one who sparked my interest in physiology (we studied some basic sports science when we did P.E. theory at GCSE). Also, my parents are both scientists so they encouraged and helped me too.

    • Photo: Katy Griggs

      Katy Griggs answered on 7 Nov 2016:


      Yes definitely. My PE teacher during my GCSE’s and A levels developed my interest in Sport Science.

    • Photo: Emilia McAllister-Jepps

      Emilia McAllister-Jepps answered on 7 Nov 2016:


      My science teachers, and all teachers, always worked to help me achieve my potential. And along the way tried hard to make the harder subject matter as engaging and memorable as possible. I would definitely thank them for giving me the confidence to know that you don’t always get things right first time, but with hard work and patience, you can often achieve more than you thought was possible.

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      LauraAnne Furlong answered on 9 Nov 2016:


      Yes, I was lucky to have some really excellent encouraging science teachers in school, as well as a super maths teacher called Ms Storey who was actually doing her PhD part-time as the same time as preparing us for exams. We had a few classes which went off course and had nothing to do with what we needed to know for exams, instead she showed us some maths things she was doing and some very cool proofs – it was a lot of fun and she really prepared us for university

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