• Question: what did you want to be as a kid and why

    Asked by SB1738 to Chris, Paul, Priyanka, Ryan, Sarah on 8 Mar 2016. This question was also asked by LauraPorter.
    • Photo: Sarah Hargreaves

      Sarah Hargreaves answered on 8 Mar 2016:

      When I was at school I wanted to be a pilot in the RAF. I was in the Air Cadets from age 13 – 17, where I learnt to fly an aeroplane solo (that’s with no one else inside just me, which was scary!) and where I became really interested in the RAF as a career. Unfortunately I then found out that I was too short to become a pilot : ( and so had to rethink my options, which is when I found out about Engineering from my college tutor.

    • Photo: Priyanka Dhopade

      Priyanka Dhopade answered on 10 Mar 2016:

      An astronaut!! I was always curious about outer space, planets, stars, etc. I kept up my interest in all things space related and that’s how I chose aerospace engineering at university.

    • Photo: Christine Coonick

      Christine Coonick answered on 14 Mar 2016:

      I really wanted to be an architect, because I love drawing houses and redesigning spaces. It may all stem from growing up in a house that always seemed to be in mid-renovation, so it was chaotic to say the least – I could so clearly see in my mind how it would look and what it would be like to live in when it was finished, but frustrated that it never got that far. In fact 20 years on it still has an upstairs bathroom with no bath in it 🙂

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