Lee Cronin

And everyone's like, yeah, this guy wants to be a scientist, but he's an idiot. And so, and so, so everyone was really confused. I think at first that I wasn't smarter than I, you know, was claiming to be. And then I just basically didn't do well in the test. I went down and down and down and down. And then, and I was kind of like, huh, this is really embarrassing. I really like science.

and everyone says I can't do it. I really like physics and chemistry and science and people say you can't read and write. And so I found myself in a learning difficulties class at the end of primary school and the beginning of secondary school in the UK. Secondary school is like 11, 12 years old. And I remember being put in the remedial class and the remedial class was basically full of

and everyone says I can't do it. I really like physics and chemistry and science and people say you can't read and write. And so I found myself in a learning difficulties class at the end of primary school and the beginning of secondary school in the UK. Secondary school is like 11, 12 years old. And I remember being put in the remedial class and the remedial class was basically full of

and everyone says I can't do it. I really like physics and chemistry and science and people say you can't read and write. And so I found myself in a learning difficulties class at the end of primary school and the beginning of secondary school in the UK. Secondary school is like 11, 12 years old. And I remember being put in the remedial class and the remedial class was basically full of

um were two types three types of people there were um people that had quite violent right you know and there were people can speak english and there were people that really had learning difficulties so um The one thing I can objectively remember was, I mean, I could read. I like reading. I read a lot. But something in me, I'm a bit of a rebel. I refuse to read what I was told to read.

um were two types three types of people there were um people that had quite violent right you know and there were people can speak english and there were people that really had learning difficulties so um The one thing I can objectively remember was, I mean, I could read. I like reading. I read a lot. But something in me, I'm a bit of a rebel. I refuse to read what I was told to read.

um were two types three types of people there were um people that had quite violent right you know and there were people can speak english and there were people that really had learning difficulties so um The one thing I can objectively remember was, I mean, I could read. I like reading. I read a lot. But something in me, I'm a bit of a rebel. I refuse to read what I was told to read.

And I found it difficult to read individual words in the way they were told. But anyway, I got caught one day teaching someone else to read. And they said, okay, we don't understand this.

And I found it difficult to read individual words in the way they were told. But anyway, I got caught one day teaching someone else to read. And they said, okay, we don't understand this.

And I found it difficult to read individual words in the way they were told. But anyway, I got caught one day teaching someone else to read. And they said, okay, we don't understand this.

i i always knew what to be a scientist but didn't really know what that meant and i realized you had to go to university and i thought i can just go to university it's like curious people like no no no you need to have these you have to be able to enter these exams to get this grade point average and the fact is the exams you've been entered into you're not you you're just going to get c d or e you can't even get a b or c right this is the uk gcses i was like oh shit

i i always knew what to be a scientist but didn't really know what that meant and i realized you had to go to university and i thought i can just go to university it's like curious people like no no no you need to have these you have to be able to enter these exams to get this grade point average and the fact is the exams you've been entered into you're not you you're just going to get c d or e you can't even get a b or c right this is the uk gcses i was like oh shit

i i always knew what to be a scientist but didn't really know what that meant and i realized you had to go to university and i thought i can just go to university it's like curious people like no no no you need to have these you have to be able to enter these exams to get this grade point average and the fact is the exams you've been entered into you're not you you're just going to get c d or e you can't even get a b or c right this is the uk gcses i was like oh shit

And I said, can you just put me into the high exam? They said, no, no, you're going to fail. There's no chance. So my father kind of intervened and said, you know, just let him go in the exams. And they said, he's definitely going to fail. It's a waste of time, waste of money. And he said, well, what if we paid? So they said, well, okay. So you didn't actually have to pay.

And I said, can you just put me into the high exam? They said, no, no, you're going to fail. There's no chance. So my father kind of intervened and said, you know, just let him go in the exams. And they said, he's definitely going to fail. It's a waste of time, waste of money. And he said, well, what if we paid? So they said, well, okay. So you didn't actually have to pay.

And I said, can you just put me into the high exam? They said, no, no, you're going to fail. There's no chance. So my father kind of intervened and said, you know, just let him go in the exams. And they said, he's definitely going to fail. It's a waste of time, waste of money. And he said, well, what if we paid? So they said, well, okay. So you didn't actually have to pay.

You had to pay if I failed. So I took the exams and passed them, fortunately. I didn't get the top grades, but I got into A-levels. But then that also kind of limited what I could do at A-levels. I wasn't allowed to do A-level maths.

You had to pay if I failed. So I took the exams and passed them, fortunately. I didn't get the top grades, but I got into A-levels. But then that also kind of limited what I could do at A-levels. I wasn't allowed to do A-level maths.

You had to pay if I failed. So I took the exams and passed them, fortunately. I didn't get the top grades, but I got into A-levels. But then that also kind of limited what I could do at A-levels. I wasn't allowed to do A-level maths.

Because I had such a bad math grade from my GCSE. I only had a C. But they wouldn't let me go into the ABC for math because of some kind of coursework requirement back then. So the top grade I could have got was a C. So C, D, or E. So I got a C. And they let me do kind of AS level math, which is this half intermediate and go to university. But in the end, I liked chemistry.