Are you too stupid to be a marine biologist?

[@Wheelygonzales]

The only reason why people seem smarter is because they put in the time and effort it takes to learn whatever it is they are doing. Some people need to put in more time and effort than others.

[@ethansmith4509]

Sandcastle • intelligence isn't the same as being knowledgeable about a specific subject

[@kaylabattle1375]

@Sandcastle • what would be the other reason then?

[@isabeldejesus1924]

There are plenty of people with learning disabilities and health impairments or obstacles that others do not have to go through.

[@brennataylor5]

Honestly I wonder this a lot. It’s easy to doubt yourself when you get bad grades in school for subjects that are related to your field, but at the end of the day it’s your passion that will get you through. I don’t test well (test anxiety yay) and have about a B- average (O-chem rip me), but that will never stop me from becoming a Marine Biologist, and it shouldn’t stop anyone else either!

[@Seamemaria]

You can do it! =)

[@brennataylor5]

Thank you Maria! ❤️

[@kiwko6811]

Brenna Taylor Thank you this really helped me!

[@brennataylor5]

ky e. Glad I could help! 😊 good luck to you!

[@emersyn3783]

:)

[@cece7740]

marine biologist has been my childhood dream career (I've had a strong interest and connection to sharks since I could remember), however I always felt like the dumb kid in class. I'm about to start my marine bio goal in college with the help of a friend and this really helped motivate me that I can do it. Thank you! c:

[@clairecrozier4785]

you can!!

[@vickibaglin1348]

Thank you for the reassurance! I am currently in the process of applying for grad school in marine programs & this has often been a reoccurring concern of mine. But as you said, I have found that being a scientist requires true passion, curiosity & hard work rather than being a natural born genius.

[@saliology]

Haha....or the reason scientist seem "smart" is b/c professors try to cram a lot of information in their minds when they were in school on repeat! 😅😆 But seriously, if you are passionate about the subject (any subject), then you will want to go above and beyond in that field or career path then people would naturally call you "smart" on that even though you know that they could most likely can do that too!

[@PhDCoffeeTime]

Great point about the definition of smartness, that's also why some companies prefer to hire PhDs. It's due to their ability to provide innovative ideas and work independently. I would add a few more points specifically from a Marine scientist stand point. First, is the willingness to move countries for positions because opportunities are often rare and require relocation. Second, is being able to work with multinational multidisciplinary teams. Third and perhaps the most crucial is to be able to preservere for a long time with the possibility of unemployment gaps even after a PhD. Jobs are rare in marine science in general, I have learned to cherish one day at a time, and see marine science research as a training of a science journey and not the a limiting career option.

[@Neehaalini]

this is super inspiring for a senior high school student!! Thankyou

[@normlee6566]

My stupidity is pretty versatile. It carries to just about every profession.

[@axcelngujo.3594]

I'll become Jotaro

[@zackbyrd2262]

What if you have a learning disability

[@bruhbroseph]

You find what it is, work around it.

[@OceanPancake]

Hahaha. I love the start. But it makes me so sad that people think that about themselves. In the classes I teach, so many students I have call themselves 'dumb' and 'retarded'. :(

[@Lacroix999]

That’s because they’re mimicking back what they were told.

[@neptuno7652]

Obrigado!! I was about to crush my dream to become a marine biology because I thought I was to stupid to become one and you helped me and gave me hope. Thank you

[@saliology]

Just keep at it, you will see it through!

[@booedboy6930]

I always felt stupid when I got something wrong. Then I figured out that my mistakes is whats going to get me into college. I feel smart now-

[@jasoncreedfilms]

I have a friend, my best friend actually, who had a really successful career and now he's 41 years old and wants to change his career and study marine biology by going back to college and getting a new degree. He does not have a family of his own and I encouraged him to do it while keeping his full-time job in the process. Any advice for him at all about this move? I just keep offering my support and positive encouragement. I don't know what else to do. This would be changing careers entirely. He is currently in finance.

[@Libertatem_Vel_Mortem]

Gorgeous eyes.

[@nicolafrench6573]

Hi Maria, love your jumper in this vid! Where did you buy this from? I have found your videos so inspiring! I have just enrolled onto a bsc marine biology course although I have done slightly different to most as I'm already a lab technician so have the work experience before starting my degree and going back to education at 26. Watching your videos has really given me a great insight on what to expect :)

[@jamesfallen8883]

I more into learning about sharks. When I was 10 i watched jaws and I was hooked. I love sharks and they are very important. I found your channel and willing to learn about other things and animals in the ocean. My dream is to get in a shark cage and be up close and personal with a shark. Is that a good idea?

[@ellisnguks]

I found you through Kristina Lynn! Amazing videos and very illuminating and informative! :)

[@golesediericalesolame6829]

Hi Maria!!!☺ Is it possible to develop the traits you talked about naturally over time as you get deeper into the feild of marine biology? Great video!!!!

[@Seamemaria]

Erica Lesolame Hi Erica. I think so. I think the longer you are in the field the more you need to have these skills. And if you don’t have them, you might not enjoy it that much. But in my (maybe naive) opinion I think everyone deep down is curious. It’s just a matter of finding what stirs your curiosity the most. The other things will come together the more passionate you are about your work ;)

[@golesediericalesolame6829]

@@SeamemariaThat really makes a lot of sense actually. It gives reason as to why it's really important to do a field you're really passionate about. Thankyou so much!!!😄

[@vivian4094]

Thanks Maria, I needed it.

[@pomegranateseedling5592]

Hello Maria, I’m in high school and I find it really hard to focus on my work and remembering important things. I have autism. I just thought marine biology is a pretty awesome job and is something I really want to do. I just don’t know how I can manage it.

[@Vivien13579]

Since the beginning of the high school I wanted to be a scientist. My life wasn't easy and I ended up moving abroad. Need a few years for me to save money and had to sit on a two year course then the moment came and I enrolled into a science university course. Then everything started to fell apart. I was 27 and everyone else maximum 20. I lived in a rented flat so I didn't have the student accomodation for be more social. Each lesson was mixed with different people from different course so even if I met someone I didn't see the person for the next week. The auditorums were all underground, no sunlings, no proper ventillation. So the lack of oxygen made everyone sleepy. The professors didn't like question exept when it was a genius question which happened like one a month. I stated to feel really alone and my motivation started to decline. We had to do a presentation in a group of 4. The other three was living in the same student flat so became friends quickly. On our group meeting they didn't want to discuss about the project only planning the upcoming party. So we agreed that each of us will do independent reseach and then put together. But when this time came the person in charge from the group didn't include my work as "no place left on the poster" but everyone had to talk so I ended up reading some bit from someone else work which I wasn't familiar. The result came a couple of week later that the group did well except speaker 4 aka me. We didn't get grades but still hurted me. I felt really stupid. I lost my passion. I had all the skills mentioned in the video and then it went blank. I started to have panic attack and sometimes I could't stay for the whole lesson as I felt so miserable. I finished the year but barely remember anything which is just soo bad. So I had to make the hardest decision of my life and I did. I ended up transfering into a new course. I don't think I'm stupid just I didn't have the right environment.

[@johncane4507]

I know I am even though I love animals

[@jomilcaballes8072]

i am a 3rd year college student currently taking the course of marine biology.The truth is i am not smart enough in this course but i want to prove myself that i can do this and to learn more in this field and hope this year everything goes well.

[@masterofpuppets5072]

People really don't say they're stupid that's what people say on the internet to get you to react I don't know why they do that

[@openboks]

Im just worried i wont put in enough work

[@andybethurum8296]

This helped me so much with deciding wether or not I want to pursue marine biology as a career. I'm just entering my 2nd year and not going to lie I'm kinda discouraged and doubtful bc my 1st year went horribly due to covid. I failed all my classes which left me doubtful. It's my dream tho and this video reassured me to keep pursuing that dream. Thank you☺️

[@YuTv1408]

IQ is nonsese. Math and Physics is 10000x harder versus biology.

[@buranopeach5245]

Hello my darling, I am a new subscriber and I have been very interested in marine biology since secondary school but I never studied hard enough in school and ended up just studying tourism. I did pass biology at school level but im not sure where to begin my journey? What do you suggest I do?

[@AquaTomMovies]

Dear Maria, thank you so much for this video. I am a student who is in foundation year for Marine biology and as you have probably already guessed it has been a long term interest of mine! This video has been of particular help to me as I suffer from dyspraxia and even this year I've had professors ask me if I have a brain etc. I find in myself honestly a lack of curiosity in the classical scientific sense but I would love Godwilling to one day be involved in something high up conservation related as I have always cared about marine life health and preservation, all the best with your own journey!

[@pleaseenteraname1103]

I’m a senior in high school he wishes to major in philosophy of Science, my girlfriend wishes to major in Marina Biology she’s what brought me to your Channel. One thing I think that scientists at least in general from what I’ve seen seriously lacking are training in logic, epistemology and philosophy, which is a shame because philosophy is the heart of Science, without philosophy, in fact for the longest time up until around the 20th century they were seen as one field you didn’t have one without the other. And you see a lot of very intelligent people adopt very just nonsensical positions like scientism include the most basic logical and philosophical errors, take Lawrence Krauss the universe from nothing for instants.

[@NagiOki]

My parents assassinated my aspirations for marine biology (in grade school no less) by telling me I needed to get straight A's in math to become one...

[@addiemiller9677]

Ah, dont let that stop you. Work hard in math, work hard at all school. Dont let your dreams be crushed! But also try to have reasonable expectations, (I know it's hard) math and science go hand in hand very often so if you want one you might need the other. Keep working at it, it will get better. I wish you the best of luck, and I hope that all your dreams are able to come true.❤

[@anner3043]

You really dont. If you don't get above a B then just apply for masters straight away.

[@melissaleclair2508]

I gave up on my dream because early in highschool I realized I was horrible at math and couldn’t understand chemistry so I only took the required courses to graduate. Now at 21 I’m going to upgrade HS classes and chase my dreams and hopefully go to university and go in marine bio or oceanography and I’m so excited no matter how hard it’ll be!!!🥰💙

[@AS-rr9km]

I have been working on and off on my degree for years now. First, I was terrified of student loans. Paying class by class. I have always been a biology/science major. I want to specialize in ecology and conservation. I am only in my associate degree, finally committed to student loans to get my degree faster - then the pandemic hit. My classes went great online at first, but I had a lot of trouble with the online system at school. I was nervous I would have problems again, paying for a class, and they may blame me. I don’t want to waste money, and I want to pass classes. I’m afraid to start classes again now, but I’m committed to going back. Any time I think or even interview for another career, even after I give up, I can’t be happy without this degree. I’ll figure out if I’m good at it later on, but I have to try and go back. Hope someone can relate! Take care and don’t give up on your goals.

[@charlestorno862]

Goodluck!!!

[@malelonewolf80]

The notion of stupidity / intelligence is weird to me, since it is a description of how fast one can learn something new. But having a good foundation of knowledge before learning something new, makes learning easier / faster. Also, there are people who process a lot more information than most people do when learning something new. Those people are not less intelligent though they might use a longer time to learn something new since they want to learn everything about something. One can speak to an extroverted person, who is really good at talking and presenting themselves as knowledgeable in certain subjects, though they may lack depth in their understanding, and one can speak to an introvert who has incredible depth of knowledge, but are not percieved as intelligent due to them being less good at talking. As for being a scientist, I think it is more about how much work you put in, to achieve the goal of becoming a scientist. Curiosity is of course a great motivation for putting in that work. Also, I would think having a flexible mind, in regards to ones existing knowledge, is paramount, since what one hold as true one day, may become untrue with greater understanding of a subject, or when something is disproven. I think this flexibility of mind shold be trained for in schools as well. Because then we might not have as much climate-deniers and others who reject information that science has discovered so far.

[@sfxkid1183]

I’m going to study harder and become a marine biologist

[@tonylow9893]

Can you tell me how to avoid get attack by wild or angry shark

[@travisyayes6343]

Low key clout chasing to a T.

[@addisonlee1511]

I wanna pursue this as my career but I literally cannot find any universities for this... AHHHH i only have a year left, and I don’t think I have much time.

[@LeapIU]

Texas A&M at Galveston is a university that specializes in marine sciences and related fields. It's connected to the main Texas A&M University completely except for the fact it is a satellite school. If you want small class sizes with good professors it's a great place to go as there is only around 3k students. Also mentioning it is on the water, so some of your labs are on boats, which is super cool.

[@LilMissSunshine4]

Lee Jun Wai there’s quite a few in Florida. I got a marine science degree. But there’s plenty in Florida that offer marine biology specifically.

[@Seamemaria]

Where do you want to study? I believe most countries have marine biology programs.

[@KirstieBasford]

CSUMB it’s in Monterey CA hope this helps!

[@ryleegonzalez9807]

There is USF

[@Perktube1]

If you showed a parrot to an octopus, it might think, Dude, where's your arms?

[@Perktube1]

Im wondering why we haven't yet cloned the blood-generating tissue of horseshoe crabs.

[@beholder9]

S U P E R H I G H A B O V E A V E R A G E

[@sangwoostenderbreasts4762]

No views 4 likes Illuminati confirmed

[@sanstheanimator1964]

If i cant even memorise the layers of the earth and what cause earthquakes I cant become one Oh yeah,and my thalassaphobia

[@Perktube1]

If it involves being sardined into a bathysphere to study the tubeworms, then I have to say no, or else depend on rov's.

[@axcelngujo.3594]

I wanna just study animals and focus to sea turtles

[@sleeeepytimeee2586]

But you can look things up right like calculators and stuff like that

[@andrewgonzales1359]

¿Elle est française?

[@anner3043]

They may have gotten good grades, but you might have more experience

[@anner3043]

May I ask what exactly you do? What have you been studying?

[@Perktube1]

Shes exactly right on critical thinking. It works in social arenas as well.

[@imnotsofunny824]

Good question am I?

[@milantiquestudios7460]

Not stupid. Just afraid of the ocean lol

[@selinakyle_]

You're a life saver 💕

[@krystalmachenry8439]

can anyone tell me what college they went to,to become a oceanographer

[@ethansmith4509]

Great video!

[@nickgamecode]

What a way to start and name the video.

[@danielflanagan6330]

The perfect video for me!

[@charlestorno862]

Thank you.

[@凱-d7q]

Does someone with colour blind can be a marine biologist?

[@Seamemaria]

Yes ;)

[@jpchua499]

Wow ! Your gorgeous!😘😘😘 Hope your single!😚

[@aocplusme5676]

Holy forehead lines Batman! It only gets worse..