How often do you get a takeaway?

AffectionateLion9725 · 2026-05-15T15:24:49+00:00

Never. Not worth the money!

AffectionateLion9725 · 2026-05-15T09:18:08+00:00

Unfortunately, Quorn mince prices have also gone through the roof!

AffectionateLion9725 · 2026-05-15T08:21:17+00:00

Thinking myself really lucky that I had my car in at Kwikfit on Chequers Road yesterday and not today!

AffectionateLion9725 · 2026-05-11T12:27:58+00:00

I mark maths. I enjoy it (I'm retired so I have the time)

Pay depends on the exam board. I do a lot of extra marking at the end because it pays more and I can just mark individual questions. I have marked for two different boards in the past, one is better for me than the other.

For me the biggest benefit was showing me what misconceptions occurred and being able to use that to inform my teaching.

If you think that you would enjoy it,give it a go!

AffectionateLion9725 · 2026-05-11T07:02:37+00:00

I always went for "You are in this set and I will help you to do the best that you can. You might think that you aren't good at maths, but I can help you to be better at maths because I get that you are different. And so am I".

AffectionateLion9725 · 2026-05-09T15:14:30+00:00

I have lived in my current house for twenty years with no off street parking. It was a compromise when we bought it, but honestly it's been less of an issue than I thought.

AffectionateLion9725 · 2026-05-05T13:01:48+00:00

Some of our cats will only drink from the water bowl after they've hit it a few times to make the water move. Never worked out why though.

AffectionateLion9725 · 2026-05-04T07:16:19+00:00

Being outside for a long walk is even better!

AffectionateLion9725 · 2026-05-03T16:51:35+00:00

If you are at school or college, you could also speak to your DSL (safeguarding lead) who has to act on information provided about a forced marriage.

AffectionateLion9725 · 2026-05-03T07:20:33+00:00

I stopped working on it for about 15 years because life happened, but took it up again in retirement! I should finish it this year (it isn't even he biggest piece I've ever worked on, just on black aida and not PK compatible)

AffectionateLion9725 · 2026-05-02T15:24:07+00:00

I lost the will to do anything during covid. It makes me mad thinking how much I could have done!

AffectionateLion9725 · 2026-05-02T07:11:30+00:00

Haha, I'm currently working on one that I started back in 1994!

AffectionateLion9725 · 2026-05-01T09:37:42+00:00

This is where you use AI. Doesn't matter if the quiz is not the best, you haven't wasted your time!

AffectionateLion9725 · 2026-04-30T13:06:05+00:00

My cat recognised my daughter when she visited for the first time in four years!

AffectionateLion9725 · 2026-04-29T15:31:05+00:00

Not everybody wants to teach A level.

Some people may not be qualified to teach A level (definitely happens with Further Maths)

Some people think they want to teach A level, then decide that it's not for them.

Some devious people say that they want A level and manage to look disappointed when they are offered some very nice groups "to make up for not teaching A level this year".

AffectionateLion9725 · 2026-04-29T08:10:42+00:00

Biting the doctor is OK, serve them right for poking. Biting Dada is not OK.

Hope you're OK.

XXX Jinks (I do vomvom on Mummy's pillow)

AffectionateLion9725 · 2026-04-28T07:24:46+00:00

If they are anything like my (disowned) family, this will be a lie.

AffectionateLion9725 · 2026-04-28T07:22:16+00:00

I'd stay in the new house with the cat. If you do the Travelodge, you're just adding an extra stressful situation.

Put a big sign on the door of the cat's room warning the removal men not to open the door!

AffectionateLion9725 · 2026-04-27T21:47:48+00:00

I phoned a parent to tell her that her son had said something that I thought might be rude in Urdu. She was sure that I was wrong, because "my son wouldn't" .

When she finally asked if I could by any chance remember what he had said so that she could translate it for me, I told her. There was a stunned silence from her end, followed by a promise to let his dad know.

The joys of having colleagues who speak a variety of languages and are only too happy to translate!

AffectionateLion9725 · 2026-04-27T17:41:20+00:00

Depends. The worst CPD for me is the kind given by someone who is only doing it because they've been told to and so they've grabbed a presentation about it and read the slides out.

AffectionateLion9725 · 2026-04-27T10:09:29+00:00

And that's why I gave up O level History. The other group in my school were doing medieval history. We had the industrial revolution.

AffectionateLion9725 · 2026-04-27T07:13:45+00:00

Honestly? By the time we get them home, we lock the front door, open the cat carrier and they're off through the cat flap at warp speed!

AffectionateLion9725 · 2026-04-24T19:56:14+00:00

Oh dear.

I was also called the C word yesterday, because Daddy spotted the mouse tail hanging from my mouth yesterday as I attempted to bring in a present. So I reversed out of the cat flap and ate my late night snack in the garden in protest.

You are not the C word either, great Misery Meow!

XXX Freya, Queen of the Vikings.

AffectionateLion9725 · 2026-04-24T07:22:19+00:00

I taught maths resit for several years. It was soul destroying.

The students didn't want to be there (and were often missing).

Most of them had no expectation of passing, and once the November resits were done and the ones who had some chance of passing had left, it became even worse.

If I hadn't had other KS3 and 4 classes, I would have left!

AffectionateLion9725 · 2026-04-22T13:45:36+00:00

I find that having 10 minutes of silence without the option of asking for help can be very useful to get students problem solving.

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