It's Easter holiday and I'll be working through it! I have four private students to tutor this term and I had seven last term, which was really twice as many as I could cope with. This is a new venture for me and brings in valuable extra income. Due to the economical down turn dearly beloved's industry (housing benefit!!) is booming and he's having to work an extra day a week to keep up with demand so we're both 'working two jobs' as our own scales of economy demand.
In the summer term I will become the proud owner of 500 GCSE exam scripts which I will mark (sigh in disbelief and even groan at too) over 20 days!!! I almost go blind marking 25 full scripts a day and I spend about three hours a night marking those scripts! It's a killer as most examiners are retired and haven't usually worked a normal week at school. So many people are having to step outside the parameters of their usual working hours to take on more just to keep up with life and I know this short term pain will have a long term gain as we march, head down into life's prevailing gusts of bills, debt repayments and the rising cost of living. I do count my blessings too as I not only have a job but the means to diversify in other ways. Roll on debt freedom and a day off!
It's Easter holiday and I'll be working through it! I have four private students to tutor this term and I had seven last term, which was really twice as many as I could cope with. This is a new venture for me and brings in valuable extra income. Due to the economical down turn dearly beloved's industry (housing benefit!!) is booming and he's having to work an extra day a week to keep up with demand so we're both 'working two jobs' as our own scales of economy demand.
In the summer term I will become the proud owner of 500 GCSE exam scripts which I will mark (sigh in disbelief and even groan at too) over 20 days!!! I almost go blind marking 25 full scripts a day and I spend about three hours a night marking those scripts! It's a killer as most examiners are retired and haven't usually worked a normal week at school. So many people are having to step outside the parameters of their usual working hours to take on more just to keep up with life and I know this short term pain will have a long term gain as we march, head down into life's prevailing gusts of bills, debt repayments and the rising cost of living. I do count my blessings too as I not only have a job but the means to diversify in other ways. Roll on debt freedom and a day off!
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