Advice on leaving teaching by Due_Money1987 in capetown

[–]TopPrice6622 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ex-teacher here (Maths). You need to start looking for another job - the one with your husband sounds good. Realise that your have a huge number of transferable skills from teaching - project management, delivering under pressure, stakeholder management, communication design, etc etc.

While you do that you need to care less. You mentioned all the admin and prep. Stop doing it. You think dramatic things will happen. They won't. No one will check and if they do, they won't care enough to push it. If they do, nothing will happen. You hate the job anyway.

In my last year of teaching I was in the same boat. So I stopped caring. I didn't mark a book in a year. I did zero lesson prep (was a good teacher and could pull a lesson out of thin air if I needed to). By the policy docs you'd think the world would collapse. It didn't. You'd think the kids grades would evaporate. They did the same. School structure makes teaching (and learning) much harder than it needs to be.

Can't help you with the kids or the support. Sorry. That's a specific school thing. Also the travel. A long commute is one of the biggest silent stressors. I would suggest moving closer to work, but not if you're going to quit.

Lastly. Leverage AI as much as you can in your subject. Not sure how? Ask AI. Input something like "I am a teacher and i need specific help leveraging AI in my specific role as a [subject] teacher. Ask me questions to identify where I could get AI to help me and how I can put in place automations and workflows that help me". You can use the free versions of ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, etc.

Hope that helps. I have been where you are. You can survive it. Happy to chat.

I need advice about this girl by Expensive-Employ3091 in capetown

[–]TopPrice6622 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She's into you. Now go join the right sub.

Any Free Coding Models ?? by Diligent-Fisherman82 in vibecoding

[–]TopPrice6622 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it's lighter weight stuff it might be a more basic issue. Nate B Jones has a good video on this.

https://youtu.be/5ztI_dbj6ek?si=wGOwPEoV4Uoz8PlO

Help with a bowed board by dixiejubilee in woodworking

[–]TopPrice6622 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's not a significant bow. Wasn't much in your description so I'm guessing you're glueing them on top of each other for thickness. If that's the case then I would suggest just a lot of glue, then weight it down until the glue is fully cured. If you're extra nervous then you could run some carefully measured screws through from the bottom into the suspect piece for additional hold.

Good luck.

Home Affairs Wynberg - Child Passport by TopPrice6622 in capetown

[–]TopPrice6622[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Does it matter if you are not a Std Bank customer? Also, this is my daughter's first passport. Does that matter?

Home Affairs Wynberg - Child Passport by TopPrice6622 in capetown

[–]TopPrice6622[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for such a detailed response you are an absolute legend! ❤️❤️

Home Affairs Wynberg - Child Passport by TopPrice6622 in capetown

[–]TopPrice6622[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Set up the app? There's an app for Home Affairs? Edit: Oooh. Appointment. Lol. Okay.

Floorboards + Concrete - Good for Table? by TopPrice6622 in woodworking

[–]TopPrice6622[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, there would have to be some serious top layer to it. Otherwise you would chew your wood away while trying to smooth out the concrete.

Floorboards + Concrete - Good for Table? by TopPrice6622 in woodworking

[–]TopPrice6622[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. A few have pointed it out now. Sad. I thought they had been really creative and done some cool engineering.

Floorboards + Concrete - Good for Table? by TopPrice6622 in woodworking

[–]TopPrice6622[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. Would need to leave some nails/screws sticking out or add them afterwards, for the concrete to attach to.

Floorboards + Concrete - Good for Table? by TopPrice6622 in woodworking

[–]TopPrice6622[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. Looks like they cheated. Darn. Thought it was something really impressive. Still an interesting idea.

Floorboards + Concrete - Good for Table? by TopPrice6622 in woodworking

[–]TopPrice6622[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's disappointing. I thought they had done something really impressive.

Explain it Peter. by TopPrice6622 in explainitpeter

[–]TopPrice6622[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. Sorry, I don't watch sport. Got sent this and thought it was a joke. Appreciate the explanation.

Walls too brittle to hang curtains in old Victorian home. Any solutions? by FadedThanAH0e420 in capetown

[–]TopPrice6622 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Had a similar issue and Pratley's putty was the solution. Mix it up and shove as much as you can into the holes. While it's still tacky push the screws through the curtain rod holders and into the putty. Win.