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I just met a little girl on the train and we were chit chatting until I said I am a scientist.
Her eyes lit up and she said she wants to be a scientist too when she grows up
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Even though this story sounds too good to be true it did actually happen!!!
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Her eyes lit up and she said she wants to be a scientist too when she grows up
Even though this story sounds too good to be true it did actually happen!!!
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I asked her what is her favourite science:
mixing liquids and substances?https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⚗️" title="Destillierkolben" aria-label="Emoji: Destillierkolben">
Maybe animals and cells?https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧬" title="DNA" aria-label="Emoji: DNA">
Or mathematics?https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔢" title="Eingabesymbol für Ziffern" aria-label="Emoji: Eingabesymbol für Ziffern">
She said that she wanted to be a SPACE SCIENTISThttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🚀" title="Rakete" aria-label="Emoji: Rakete">
I showed her the space stickers on my phone and told her I& #39;m a space scientist myself...
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mixing liquids and substances?
Maybe animals and cells?
Or mathematics?
She said that she wanted to be a SPACE SCIENTIST
I showed her the space stickers on my phone and told her I& #39;m a space scientist myself...
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Her jaw dropped. She couldn& #39;t believe she was talking to a real life space scientist https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😭" title="Laut schreiendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Laut schreiendes Gesicht">
She wants to know whether there is life on other planets, so we spoke about Mars rovers and the ESA/NASA mission launching in July.
We spoke about water and life on Mars.
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She wants to know whether there is life on other planets, so we spoke about Mars rovers and the ESA/NASA mission launching in July.
We spoke about water and life on Mars.
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We spoke about the oceans on Jupiter& #39;s moons, covered by a layer of ice.
I told her about all the exoplanets we discovered, more than 4000, and that some are rocky like Earthhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌏" title="Asien-Australien auf dem Globus" aria-label="Emoji: Asien-Australien auf dem Globus">
We spoke about satellites and how they help us here on Earthhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🛰️" title="Satellit" aria-label="Emoji: Satellit">
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I told her about all the exoplanets we discovered, more than 4000, and that some are rocky like Earth
We spoke about satellites and how they help us here on Earth
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We worked out how many years I had been in school to become a space scientist, and she concluded that she works hard so she would be OK with being in school that long.
Determination is everything and at 7 years old she already has so much of ithttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💪" title="Angespannter Bizeps" aria-label="Emoji: Angespannter Bizeps">
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Determination is everything and at 7 years old she already has so much of it
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We spoke about how important is to code in science https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👩💻" title="Woman technologist" aria-label="Emoji: Woman technologist"> and that space needs a lot of different skills: there aren& #39;t just astronauts!!! Even though I hope she applies to be one in the future https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👩🚀" title="Woman astronaut" aria-label="Emoji: Woman astronaut">
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She said that she would like to be a singer, because she has a nice voice.
I showed her the video below! She was amazed that I am a scientist and also like other things.
We agreed that it& #39;s possible to be different things at the same time! A scientist and a singerhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😊" title="Lächelndes Gesicht mit lächelnden Augen" aria-label="Emoji: Lächelndes Gesicht mit lächelnden Augen">
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I showed her the video below! She was amazed that I am a scientist and also like other things.
We agreed that it& #39;s possible to be different things at the same time! A scientist and a singer
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We talked about how it can be hard to be different things at the same time, but if you work hard you can be a scientist and like singing, too!
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I told her that one day, if she decides to be a space scientist, she can call me and we will do a cool project together.
Maybe build a rocket that will go to Mars, or maybe even further away...https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🚀" title="Rakete" aria-label="Emoji: Rakete">
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Maybe build a rocket that will go to Mars, or maybe even further away...
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Today I met a young space scientist. Today I met a young #WomenInSTEM.
Today I met a young me!
You can& #39;t be what you can& #39;t see.
Put yourself out there, your experience is important.
Today you could inspire someone!
Be the role model you needed growing uphttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🚀" title="Rakete" aria-label="Emoji: Rakete">
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Today I met a young me!
You can& #39;t be what you can& #39;t see.
Put yourself out there, your experience is important.
Today you could inspire someone!
Be the role model you needed growing up
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