Scientist Project: Interviewing my Scientist!!
MC: Hello everyone and welcome back to the MC show. (Applause) OK today I have a special surprise, our guest for today is none other than the first female geneticist, and she has also won the Noble Prize in Chemistry. This woman has also broke boundaries on the discrimination against women. So please give a big round of applause for Miss Barbara McClintock.
(Applause) Barbara enters from behind stage doors then takes a seat next to me.
MC: Hello how are you doing?
BM: I'm fine you look very nice today
MC: Thanks you, you look very nice also.
MC: So tell me what happened in your childhood that made you want a career in science?
BM: Well I always saw myself wearing those long lab coats, so when I was working ready hard to stay in school and get an education science was really one of my easier subjects. Also math was a easy subject but science was really easy for me.
MC: Wow for me right now algebra is easiest subject for me.
BM: Algebra was pretty easy because math and science go pretty hand in hand so that's good.
MC: So did anyone play a role in developing your interest in science?
BM: Well my uncle was a real mentor from the beginning. He would work out of his car and I would see want he was doing and he would explain everything. He also introduced me to the piano and ice skating which became my passion at one point in time but chemistry took over and I don't regret it for one second.
MC: Well that's good and you shouldn't regret it. You've done a very good job with winning the Nobel Prize in chemistry which isn't the easiest thing to do. Also you've won about 18 different awards in your day so you really did make the right decision.
BM: Thank you so much.
MC: Well don't go anywhere; we'll be back after these messages!
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MC: Welcome back everyone I'm here with Miss Barbara McClintock herself. So how was the learning experience when you entered the field of science?
BM: The learning experience was really helpful in some areas because the people that I was working with the time were women and they though me a lot of things they I've never heard of before. But they didn't teach me how to deal with rejection win I wanted to get a job because I was a female not a male.
MC: That's not cool at all. That's horrible and with these hard times I kind of wouldn’t be surprised if they started only hiring males.
BM: Well I think if that does happen you'll be strong enough to handle it. You'll be a success no matter what.
MC: Thanks I hope so. OK next question what are your major accomplishments and what were the principals used?
BM: I think that my major accomplishment was winning the Nobel prize in chemistry, that really made me feel a lot confidence shining. Some principals were my discovery for jumping genes. Which I think is the discovery I'm most known for.
MC: Well you got that right-on how the environments of where you went to school and did this impact your life?
BM: My school was in a very nice, clean town it was pretty normal and quiet no big drama really ever happened. I must truly say that hearing about other schools nowadays, kids fighting other kids, teachers, and janitors. To me it's crazy I wish all the kids in the world could have gone to my school.
MC: I think that my school has a lot of ups and downs but we eventually come together at some point. Since you were a female were there any limitations that you had to face?
BM: OH Yes! Of course there were limitations because WWI and finding jobs in the geneticist field was very slim. Also the discrimination of female was included so automatically a man would get my job before I would very get an interview.
MC: That must have raised your confidence a lot didn't it? Next Question! Were any artists, musicians, or writers working at the same time and were they in the same country as you?
BM: There might a been but I wasn't the kind of person that would have done that kind of research. Now there probably were a lot of writers in the U.S. At time like Shakespeare was in America when the war was taking place.
MC: Wow that's really fascinating. SO what kind of political situations were taking place during your studies?
BM: Well I actually have seen both of the World Wars take place. I've actually read the president say that we are doing the fight in WWII. That actually surprised me the most and also hearing about Pearl Harbor was attacked didn't make me feel the safest.
MC: Also how were the gender and class roles defined during this time in history?
BM: Well Mia gender was easy enough; Males beat the women by a long shot. You didn't even have to read a woman's resume a male beat a female by a long shot.
MC:I don't think I fully agree with that statement.
BM: Me either!
MC: OK this is sadly my last question it's been really fun chatting with you so OK. What was the structure of the country when you were working?
BM: Well the structure was really worried and the people were in panic to keep jobs and having to lose loved ones became them were being killed in war. There was a lot of heart break during the WWI era.
MC: Well Barbara thanks so much for being here, I really appreciate it please come back and visit. Well thanks to all my viewers for watching. Please join us again tomorrow and see my 9th grade science teacher Mrs. Urbaitis and I have a hot fudge sundae eating competition. We’ll see you tomorrow bye!!!!!!!!!
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