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Question: What made you want to help people for a living?
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Kit Tigwell answered on 7 Nov 2017:
The classic answer lots of students give at interviews is because they like science and like people. It’s not a very imaginative answer but for me it was pretty true! I always loved finding out how things worked and biology made me want to find out how our bodies work.
Naturally that lets you understand more about illness. Being unwell myself as a baby and seeing family members fall ill made me keen to learn how to make a difference to people who were going through that. Now I realise it’s not about being heroic all the time, but that being able to do small things that might make the worst experience of someone’s life more bearable is incredibly rewarding. Not many jobs let you to make positive impacts on people’s lives; it gives you a sense of purpose and it’s a huge privilege.
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Adrian commented on :
Its the buzz you get from helping someone, too many people in this world are money orientated and forget that helping others is the best. I went to school with a bunch of people who only thought about themselves and money, I’ve met up with some since and their lives seem so shallow and empty.