Over the last 25 years, since a lot of science writing became accessible to layman, I've become quite a consumer of science. As a child, I wasn't streamed into science, and I regret that now.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I had then and still retain an interest in science for its own sake and as a metaphor for our current lives.
I was a terrible science student, so I could never be a scientist; my mind doesn't work that way. But I've learned to love the stories around science, and I have so much respect and fascination for the people who can make discoveries and find applications. There's a lot of drama there.
I'm a school teacher, and later on, well past my formal education, I became very interested in science.
I was a very keen reader of science fiction, and during the time I was going to libraries, it was good, written by people who knew their science.
One of the reasons I'm so passionate about science is that it wasn't correctly taught to me. I got excited at university.
I very much enjoyed my career in science. I didn't leave science because I was disillusioned, but felt I'd done my bit for it after about twenty-five years.
So I decided on science when I was in college.
I have always loved science, but I have always loved the arts - drawing, painting and, yes, writing - more.
I grew up obsessed with science fiction, and when I was really young, I wanted to be a scientist.
From my earliest days I had a passion for science.