Specific Tuesdays you love

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lolly said:
As it stands (in terms of hours and salary) he thinks I should turn it down. He's supportive of me getting out of my current job, but not taking this much of a hit financially.

I also think he may be a bit pissed if I only worked 21 hours when he's still full time, and I have to say I could probably relate if it was the other way around. But retirement is one of the options for him anyway. His situation should become clearer in the next month or two.
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As frustrating as it probably is in that case, it doesn't sound like this is the right job for you, or at least it isn't the right time. But there's no harm in applying.

I work part time, Mandy works full time. I get comments from friends and family all the time about "poor Mandy working so many hours". What people forget is, we split everything in the home equally, she just has a lot of other outgoings that I don't have. So why should I work full time if I don't have to 🤷🏻‍♀️
 
Rachey said:
2 of my friends are teachers in Canterbury. He's in a nice small private school, she's in a state school, the differences are huge in terms of job satisfaction.
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From my experience I'd prefer a state school.

But that's a small sample and I think the real thing that makes a school good for me is the colleagues and the department. I can work with most kids, but colleagues I think are the make or break.

That said I'm about to start a Year 9 bottom set after Easter. So I'll come back to you.
 
I’d do the interview, as someone who’s had a lot over the past year, my technique has improved a lot, also there are new interview techniques now, zoom interviews feel different to in person, and I’ve personally found them difficult so that may be something that’s worth practising.
 
Rachey said:
As frustrating as it probably is in that case, it doesn't sound like this is the right job for you, or at least it isn't the right time. But there's no harm in applying.

I work part time, Mandy works full time. I get comments from friends and family all the time about "poor Mandy working so many hours". What people forget is, we split everything in the home equally, she just has a lot of other outgoings that I don't have. So why should I work full time if I don't have to 🤷🏻‍♀️
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I work 30 hours over 4 days, and he works 36 over 4 days at present.

Since he's been working from home though and with my long commute, I'm out of the house noticeably longer than he's at work.

I really don't think I could go back to working 5 days a week.
 
lolly said:
I work 30 hours over 4 days, and he works 36 over 4 days at present.

Since he's been working from home though and with my long commute, I'm out of the house noticeably longer than he's at work.

I really don't think I could go back to working 5 days a week.
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I can't imagine doing 5 days a week anymore. 3 - 4 is enough. Seems like a lot of people have sorted the work / life balance since covid and lockdown.
 
Ag said:
From my experience I'd prefer a state school.

But that's a small sample and I think the real thing that makes a school good for me is the colleagues and the department. I can work with most kids, but colleagues I think are the make or break.

That said I'm about to start a Year 9 bottom set after Easter. So I'll come back to you.
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What age is year 9? It's all changed since I was at school..there's no primary, middle and high anymore is there?
 
Lucille said:
I’d do the interview, as someone who’s had a lot over the past year, my technique has improved a lot, also there are new interview techniques now, zoom interviews feel different to in person, and I’ve personally found them difficult so that may be something that’s worth practising.
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This job states that it's a face to face interview. I'm so out of the interview loop that's daunting enough. In theory a Zoom one sounds easier, but I'm sure it's something that comes with considerations that just haven't crossed my mind yet.
 
I'm watching Pitch Perfect. I follow Rebel Wilson on Instagram and she looks amazing now, but I miss her Fat Amy days. I hope she doesn't change too much personality wise now she's slim.
 
Rachey said:
I can't imagine doing 5 days a week anymore. 3 - 4 is enough. Seems like a lot of people have sorted the work / life balance since covid and lockdown.
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3 feels like the dream to me now. But then 4 did when I worked 5. And I'm sure 2 would if I worked 3 :D
 
Rachey said:
Well Rolys opened in the 80s I believe, Rum was one of their first flavours. All the coach party oldies love it, the young people like sea salt and honeycomb.
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That figures. I do enjoy a bit of honeycomb.
 
Do you make your own honeycomb, Rachey? Pure alchemy. I remember as a child watching my gran making it and was transfixed. I don't trust myself to do it without suffering third degree burns though, so I just have a Crunchie instead.
 
lolly said:
Do you make your own honeycomb, Rachey? Pure alchemy. I remember as a child watching my gran making it and was transfixed. I don't trust myself to do it without suffering third degree burns though, so I just have a Crunchie instead.
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No we don't, fudge is terrifying enough. I can't cope with honeycomb as well. We do use isle of wight honey tho.
 
Rachey said:
What age is year 9? It's all changed since I was at school..there's no primary, middle and high anymore is there?
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13-14. Year 9 is rough because they're now older and push the boundaries and within the classes they're still doing subjects they haven't picked for GCSE so utterly don't care.

At least some difficult kids enjoy the subject from year 10.

In Essex they've always been Primary and Secondary. Over in Suffolk they're like you had it. Utterly alien to me.
 
Ag said:
13-14. Year 9 is rough because they're now older and push the boundaries and within the classes they're still doing subjects they haven't picked for GCSE so utterly don't care.

At least some difficult kids enjoy the subject from year 10.

In Essex they've always been Primary and Secondary. Over in Suffolk they're like you had it. Utterly alien to me.
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I think the Island was one of the last places to still have primary, middle and high. I find the new system so confusing.

I guess it must be nice to make a connection with the students tho, especially the ones who struggle and are labelled as trouble. I'd enjoy that part, assuming you can make a connection with them and they aren't too awful.

My friend was saying the amount of abuse the kids give her is shocking, swearing, punching things, totally out of control.
 
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We just went for a meal with a group of friends. Our food/ drinks came to about £45 but with the bill spilling we paid £64. Is it wrong to feel a bit irked about that :bad:
 
Star said:
We just went for a meal with a group of friends. Our food/ drinks came to about £45 but with the bill spilling we paid £64. Is it wrong to feel a bit irked about that :bad:
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Bill spilling?

Sounds like you had enough.
 
Star said:
I didn't have any!! That's the thing, maybe I should next time just to get my moneys worth.
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Did you know beforehand you'd be splitting it?

I don't remember the last time we ate out with friends and didn't just split it, but usually I think it just works itself out and people are reasonable about it. If I went out with friends who got the calculator on their phone out I'd seriously have to consider whether I wanted to eat out with them again.
 
lolly said:
Did you know beforehand you'd be splitting it?

I don't remember the last time we ate out with friends and didn't just split it, but usually I think it just works itself out and people are reasonable about it. If I went out with friends who got the calculator on their phone out I'd seriously have to consider whether I wanted to eat out with them again.
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No there weren't any plans really on the bill. I think it was a bit different as we were 5 families of different sizes, so just splitting it 5 ways seems wrong. Some kids had their own kids menu and some just ate from their parents plates. I just kinda feel in that situation it's fairer if you pay for what you've eaten?
 
As we only have one sprog were always in theory the ones adding the least to the bill, most of our mates have 2 or 3, but I’ve always just thought the enjoyment of all being together outweighs the few quid we probably overpay
 
It's hard to argue that it isn't more fair. And with 5 families of different sizes it must be difficult to keep track, and for us it's usually more straightforward. It's just one of those things that doesn't stress me out too much.
 
Annoyingly we just found out we've lost 5 months of government funding for Dannii as she's born on the term cut off date. Born one day before and we would have had funding kick in from now, but instead we've got to wait till September.
 
Star said:
I suppose we're just in a period of our life where I'm only working part time and I do watch the pennies a bit until I can contribute more :shy:
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I guess for us it probably does pretty much even itself out and it would only be a few quid either way anyway.

But you don't even like food that much... :D
 
I’m not even kidding 2 people at work the other day split a £38 bill into £18.50 and £19.50.
 
At my friend's birthday dinner a few years ago, her boyfriend made a big deal about someone ordering an entree that costs $10 more than everyone else's when we were splitting it at the end. There were more than 10 people there so her meal added less than a dollar a person...
 
Thinking about it, for work things we don't usually split. I nearly always spend more than the average then due to alcohol (I mean, it's work), and as it's not friends in the same way I try to be more mindful. But It would only really be calculating a rough average from the total and then putting an extra tenner in because I shared a bottle of wine with someone. Anything else just sucks the joy out of the meal.
 
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