I have always been drawn to the never-ending search to understand ourselves and our world, though like most people I grew to understand my own interests better with time. In first grade I wanted to become a dentist, but a friend who was disgusted by the prospect of working with other people’s mouths caused me to change my goal to “doctor” (which meant general practitioner, since seven-year olds don’t know about medical specialization). I didn’t think about my career choice much again until high school. By that time I had lost my enthusiasm for the idea of being a medical practitioner and my parents thought I had to consider some other options. My father suggested actuary, but I immediately found that option not to my liking. I enjoy applying math to something I’m already interested in, but making my living off constantly doing complex calculations is not something I want to do. At the end of eleventh grade my parents took me to a career advisor with a doctorate in psychology. After talking to me for a while and applying tests to measure my interests and abilities, she recommended my current course. I think it’s perfect for me. Genetics was by far my favourite part of Life Science at school – tracing the inheritance of traits is fascinating. Psychology, something you aren’t very exposed to at school, I find equally interesting. Why do people behave the way they do? Why are they the way they are? I often find myself reading my textbook for fun. Perhaps a bit ironically my original interest in medicine comes back in the form of me studying physiology. It should be noted that while I’ve decided to pursue science as my career, I enjoy literature and language almost as much and still pursue them as hobbies.