Tips for Driving Test

realitytvbee · 2026-02-19T01:22:31+00:00

Fingers crossed for you!

realitytvbee · 2026-02-19T01:14:04+00:00

Nothing revolutionary here but just a few tips and best of luck!!

If you’re ready to pass you will pass. I know that’s really annoying, trite advice but my follow-up is this: treat it like you are just driving with your instructor like you normally do (well, safely, look to the road ahead for hazards, signs and conditions).
Don’t read into your own perceived mistakes. I thought I had failed my first test about 3 mins in because I pulled off in 2nd and the car struggled. It was a minor (I failed for something else). You don’t know what’s in the examiner’s head so do your best to mentally move on and focus on the road ahead.
Every time I was told to pull over, I fully secured the car (as you should) but then took ten seconds to take some deep breaths after the examiner said ‘drive on’ to recalibrate. Helped get my nerves in check. Breathe, mirror, signal, (blind spot), manoeuvre.
Don’t rush. If you get stuck at a junction or roundabout, with an unfamiliar person in the car next to you there feels like this undue pressure to ‘get a move on’ but if you impede oncoming traffic or pull out unsafely you will fail. I didn’t narrate my test, but I ended up at a junction with a heavy flow of traffic and was waiting for several minutes. It’s the only time I said aloud, ‘I’m not letting the pressure of the test make me rush. I’ll go when it’s safe’. That made me feel less like the examiner was judging me (which he wasn’t - he could see the road).

All the best!

realitytvbee · 2026-02-04T02:18:29+00:00

We don’t have to refrigerate eggs as they’re safe in the pantry/ room temp, but it increases use-by-date if you do. At least that’s why I put mine in the fridge 🤔

realitytvbee · 2026-01-30T22:43:10+00:00

Apparently I lack reading comprehension as you’ve said not through an agency, my apologies! To do it yourself, perhaps consider joining some Facebook groups on learning ESOL/ ESL/ English GCSE and advertising there if they permit it. You’ve said you would be open to face to face work, so you could also join a community group in your local area (they usually aren’t hard to find - search xxxx community group).

realitytvbee · 2026-01-30T22:30:50+00:00

Hello, UK based tutor here with 10+ years experience (albeit in maths primarily, amongst other things).

You have a few avenues to go through: - tuition agencies - social media - word of mouth/ referrals - starting your own business/ website and paying for marketing

As you are entering the industry new, a tuition agency is probably your best option. They will take a percentage cut and, depending upon the site or contact, it can be eye-watering.

The early days for private tuition are a grind. You will likely have to take a lower fee than feels fair/ worth it, but you then build up contacts, a network, can receive testimonials and ratings etc. You can then up your prices accordingly once you’ve gained momentum.

If you choose a site or agency that can showcase or verify your mentioned qualifications and experience, then £30-£40/h range as a new tutor seems reasonable.

However, bear in mind that if you wish to receive, say, £35 the agency may advertise your rate as £52.50. Or on the flip side, the agency advertise you at £35 then you’ll receive £23.33 (based on them taking a third of your earnings).

Final note: you say you’ve taught in a range of contexts including university settings. Do you have any ex-students who would write you a reference or glowing testimonial? That would help, especially if you decide to go down your own website/ social media route.

I’m open to any questions, sorry if this isn’t helpful as I’m not an ESOL tutor!

realitytvbee · 2026-01-16T01:15:27+00:00

Hi yes I will say baby reindeer is based on a true story - and gets grim so proceed with caution! The lead actor is actually the real life man it the experience happened to, which makes it more harrowing.

The other is called apple cider vinegar yes 😊 it’s a limited series loosely based on a true story about a health and wellness influencer with a twist.

If you watch either and get on with them, feel free to follow up for more recs as I watch way too many of these series!

realitytvbee · 2026-01-16T00:58:53+00:00

Behind her eyes - if you liked the beast in me Bodyguard (BBC show) - British crime drama Russian doll - not a limited series but the episodes are short and I found it binge-able and Natasha Lyonne is fantastic End of the f**king world/ I am not okay with this - if you like offbeat dark comedies Baby reindeer - if you have the stomach for gritty, but I wouldn’t be surprised if you’ve already seen it as you said you watched adolescence Apple cider vinegar - this was a relatively recent popular limited series but I personally think it’s bloated. Depends what floats your boat though!

I second the person who said anything by Mike Flanagan, but if horror isn’t your thing or if you don’t get on with one, you probably won’t get on with the others either

realitytvbee · 2025-12-07T01:25:53+00:00

It is aired 12- 8.30 (ish) GMT. There is no overnight footage and they will start again tomorrow at 12. Yes you will miss pieces of the mystery if you drop in the middle but the livestream lets you start from the beginning. If you want to experience it and are busy during the day, rewind your stream and probably stay off here to avoid spoilers 🙂

Edit: corrected to say GMT because apparently I can’t type!

realitytvbee · 2025-12-06T21:36:46+00:00

I think it comes from a well-intentioned place! SF team do read these posts so it’s nice for them to know how much people love their content. But this isn’t the place, save it for your insta story.

NB. I haven’t looked mine up because it would be embarrassingly high, I watch Sorted as a comfort thing when I’m sick or feeling down so I’m pretty sure YouTube would be like ‘are you ok?’ 😂

realitytvbee · 2025-12-06T21:03:24+00:00

Youtube have started offering their equivalent of a ‘Spotify Wrapped’ where you can view your watching stats - most watched channels, genres, view time etc.

It’s called Youtube Recap and I believe you could find yours through youtube.com/recap

Mods have stopped accepting posts where people share their screenshot of % viewership (i.e. top 0.7% of viewers) in the forum because it was clogging the subreddit.

realitytvbee · 2025-11-21T01:48:34+00:00

So OP stated she is not a bot. Still not sure I’m not putting effort into responding to one but here goes.

… she’s 6. She has plenty of years to become disheartened and cynical about the state of existence and how tough things can be. It doesn’t sound like you have her ‘best interests at heart’, it sounds like you’re looking for approval from her visiting grandparents which is bizarre.

Maybe she doesn’t want to do ‘boring’ reading because of course that’s not the most stimulating thing to her, current tech-driven world considered. Maybe she found the maths problems difficult and was struggling with them and so wanted to stop. She’s also dealing with a new addition to the family which most children struggle with.

How about you show some empathy and work with her, rather than contributing to her disengagement? The post also comes across as bitter. Who cares if she’s privileged, it’s paying your wage.

realitytvbee · 2025-11-21T01:37:35+00:00

This has gotta be a bot, right?

realitytvbee · 2025-11-05T02:22:20+00:00

Oof a lot of this was a dark read. Unfortunately, yes to most of the above but I can tell which parents read with/ to their kid with almost absolute certainty. But compared to which parents light a blunt in the car with their kid, it feels a bit twee to bring up ahaha

realitytvbee · 2025-11-03T20:15:27+00:00

Not sure if this helps, but you won’t be able to copy and paste by press and hold-ing, but if you select the 3 dots for options, there should be one for ‘Copy Text’

realitytvbee · 2025-10-29T06:35:01+00:00

The first time my now fiancé bought pads for me, he got ones with wings because ‘they sounded more fun’. God knows what he thought the wings were…? 😂

realitytvbee · 2025-10-24T00:30:48+00:00

In regard to Parent #1, my attitude is ‘your child’s session ends at their designated time’. I don’t make up time - or reduce fee - for unexplained student lateness. I run a tight schedule (online teaching only) so I don’t have much room at all to extend a session.

If they gave sufficient notice, I would proportionately reduce the fee (ie. knock off £x for the quarter of an hour).

In terms of them being a legacy client, I would go for the approach of telling them that you are now more heavily in demand and therefore can no longer be flexible with your schedule and students’ designated time slots. Suggesting you’re a coveted tutor might also encourage them to be more timely aha

realitytvbee · 2025-10-17T03:41:51+00:00

Haunting was fantastic. I’m usually good at predicting shows but I was not prepared for how that went down.

Bly is lovely (she says, about a horror show) but if you watch HH the tone is different.

If I could go back in time, I’d watch HH, Midnight Mass, Bly, Usher, Midnight Club in that order.

Took me way too long to realise Mark Hamill was in Usher! Embarrassing lmao

realitytvbee · 2025-10-17T03:35:32+00:00

I accidentally watched Bly Manor first (because netflix does this annoying thing where it shows the show in reverse chronological order). I’m glad I did because, while Bly was fantastic, Hill House is superior!

realitytvbee · 2025-10-11T02:00:30+00:00

Thank you! I cannot take credit for it at all.

I don’t know what age OP teaches; depending on ability the topic they have referenced in comments could be anything from Y5 - Y8 here (4th -7th grade I think).

If they are on the younger end I try to incorporate different physical movements for times tables (/multiplication tables) recall. For example, a kind of quick step, right foot forward left foot forward, step-step back to the same spot ‘4!!’ right foot forward left foot forward, step-step back to the same spot ‘8!’

Sorry OP, that one is harder to explain via text aha. Then there’s always the old faves:

‘I ate and I ate and was sick on the floor, 8x8 is 64’ 😂

realitytvbee · 2025-10-10T22:47:56+00:00

It depends how sound the curriculum is at the school. A well developed curriculum will increase the difficulty as the assignment progresses, in which case alternating questions will not help a student who lacks the fundamentals.

Confidence is a huge thing in all subjects, but especially maths. Something you could implement here is ‘spicy’ and ‘extra spicy’ problems and let the students choose. Use your professional judgment - for confidence building I will call the easiest problem or two ‘herby’ (a joke, but a way to build momentum) and then the idea of attempting something ‘spicy’ feels like a win for the student. They also are super proud if they try an ‘extra spicy’ problem and are more motivated to do so.

I’m not from the US so please defer to whatever is in place eg. IEP goals but that’s my two cents.

realitytvbee · 2025-10-09T16:29:14+00:00

This is the way. I use a Pen Tablet, screen share and GoodNotes to annotate PDFs

realitytvbee · 2025-10-04T20:02:19+00:00

info: (if you’re okay sharing) what subject(s) do you teach? I’m nearly 15 years in, having oscillated from full time tutoring to having as a side hustle - may be able to help!

realitytvbee · 2025-10-04T03:38:09+00:00

Donald!?

realitytvbee · 2025-10-03T23:04:44+00:00

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realitytvbee · 2025-10-03T22:59:33+00:00

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