• Question: What do you think the first steps of being a good scientist are?

    Asked by tomhaynes to James on 15 Mar 2011 in Categories: .
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      James Chan answered on 15 Mar 2011:

      I think you just need to be excited and curious about it. Just ask lots of good questions! Science starts with asking the right questions. I never really accept what textbooks tell me – I always want to find out why.

      There are no stupid questions and I often tried to make my teachers sweat! They make me do homework, so why shouldn’t I ask them really hard questions and make them work also? (Your teacher’s not going to like me!!) In fact, I think teachers like being challenged.

      When you enjoy something, then it’s never hard work. It becomes fun and so homework and exams become a little less tedious… maybe…

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