Well, here we go again... July approaches, and once again the academic year draws to a close.
This will be the first time in three years that I get the luxury of six weeks 'off work', but this time round I don't have the luxury of knowing that I am still being paid, so will be even busier that usual with my various writing projects, and with sorting out the web site in preparation for a full-on publicity assault in September. The hope is to catch schools early enough that they haven't allocated all of their budget, so may be willing to spend some money on high quality Science enrichment activities!
I only have a week to go with my teaching commitments at the college, as the final GCSE Science exam is this Friday, and all of the BTEC assignments have to be handed in on Friday too. I'm already down to one session a week at the school as they've switched to next year's timetable already, although I will be working there until the very, very end of term (with the exception of a week when I will be away in London visiting various museums and parks, which I hope will inspire me to write some new articles and lesson plans, and provide me with some fantastic photos).
The freelance challenge really comes into play now - do I see problems or solutions? Solutions always! Remember folks - "If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate!"
Officially, I class myself as a Freelance Science Education Consultant, but 'Wandering Scientist' somehow sounds more cool!
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This wasn't really part of the plan if I'm honest.... When I was at school, and people asked what I wanted to do with my life, this would not have been the first thing on my list...... That said, neither would it have been the last thing on my list. At the time, I was not aware that there would be possibilities in the future to work in such a flexible way without having a "proper" job.
The purpose of this blog is to act as a vent for my frequent ramblings, to document the successes (and inevitable failures) of my progress starting out on this Freelancing adventure, and possibly to offer some insight to others who may be considering a similar non-conformist career path.
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