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Asked by potato head to Carrie, Cedric, Ellen, Ines, Rupert on 13 Mar 2017.
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Ellen Williams answered on 13 Mar 2017:
They frequently tell me (as a joke) that i should get ‘a proper job’… I take that to mean they are frantically jealous that I get to do lots of really cool things and they don’t 😀 In all seriousness though they are extremely supportive of me and very proud of everything I do!
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Ines Goncalves answered on 13 Mar 2017:
My family has always been very supportive, luckily. Some of my friends just don’t see the point in what I d and I’m sure they think I just never grew up to become a responsible adult, some find it quite adventurous though they’re still not quite sure whether it’s important, and some do understand what I do and share my enthusiasm. 🙂 Like everything else in life, the world would be quite boring if we all liked yellow.
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Rupert Marshall answered on 13 Mar 2017:
My family are happy I am doing something I enjoy. They are also proud I have got so far in science. They are interested in nature too so they like that I study birdsong – although I think they are amazed I can spend so long studying it. My friends find it interesting and sometimes get fascinated, although they do roll their eyes occasionally. Most of them are not in science so it’s nice to talk about other stuff when we meet.
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Carrie Ijichi answered on 14 Mar 2017:
My grandparents were all really into animals and did a lot to help them so it runs in the family. I think they like that I’m keeping on a family tradition of caring for and helping animals. My friends are very supportive too but people don’t always understand what you’re working on and what you’ve found. That’s ok though, just because I’m super into it doesn’t mean they have to be too.
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Cedric Tan answered on 14 Mar 2017:
Well, my family at first thought I was going to work in the zoo as my PhD was in zoology. Fortunately, I have convinced them that work I do is very useful for wildlife and for other disciplines like poultry farming. It took a while to convince them though!
As for my friends, they understand my research through my videos, which were created to help with understanding my works. The reasons for why I was doing research on sexual behaviour was more difficult to explain as there were no direct applications except understanding basic evolutionary concepts. Nevertheless, fertility and mating in chickens is important for poultry farming and helping humans produce more chickens.
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