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patrick_bs15

Thanks for advice about washing machines...

Am considering applying to be a KS2 SATs marker (even though I hate the *!@^ ing tests) - deadline is 28th Feb. Only English is available though, which puts me off a bit - maths is so much easier to mark. I know I'd need my Headteacher's permission first.

Anyone on here got experience of marking KS2 English? How much do you get / is it worth the hours spent (I'm well aware that it's not easy money!)

IHateDida

patrick_bs15 wrote: »

Thanks for advice about washing machines...

Am considering applying to be a KS2 SATs marker (even though I hate the *!@^ ing tests) - deadline is 28th Feb. Only English is available though, which puts me off a bit - maths is so much easier to mark. I know I'd need my Headteacher's permission first.

Anyone on here got experience of marking KS2 English? How much do you get / is it worth the hours spent (I'm well aware that it's not easy money!)

Not English but I am sitting here marking another subject for an exam board - been doing it for 8 years now! Boring....but little breaks makes it easier - and looks good on your CV! If I mark my quota - I can earn between £800-£1000 but there are opportunities to mark more should I want. The exam boards normally highlight the areas that they are short in before you apply, on their websites. Its worth applying just for the areas they are short of - otherwise you might be waiting a few years before they accept you. They should also want key skills examiners or GCSE which I am sure you could also mark? (shop around - there are many exam boards recruiting!)

Anyhow....back to exam marking for a bit longer....!:cool:

patrick_bs15

Hi - didn't get round to applying to mark KS2 SATs: decided that I work hard enough as it is anyway!

£527 overpayment today: mortgage is now bang on £35,000...

gallygirl

Good progress - well done! :j

patrick_bs15

£34,870

Slowly, but surely...!

patrick_bs15

£34,197.99... (£300 OP this month)

Not been a good couple of months: got clobbered with car repair bill of just over £500 last month, then paid off service charge for flat for this financial year in one go (£729)...

However, depending on weather, am aiming to cycle to school (i.e. work!) 3 days a week in terms 5 and 6... Others think I do it for environmental reasons i.e. not being sat in a traffic jam on the Bristol Ring Road, but no, it's purely because I want to save on petrol money

Am now aiming to get mortgage down to £27,000 by end of this year, rather than £25,000 I'd hoped for...

patrick_bs15

£200 OP yesterday

£33,997.99 now...

Am happy that even if I did not make a single more OP, I'd pay off this 1st mortgage in 6 years...

abouttimetoo

Hi Patrick

You're doing great and those numbers are looking fab :j

Every little helps and as you say, must be great to know that even if you didn't OP another penny then the end is not too many years away

Keep up the good work

Regards
ATT

AuntieMabel

Hi Patrick,

I have subscribed to your diary as I lurked for years here too before having the courage to start my own diary .
I'm sure you'll have got the washing machine by now but I would agree with all the Zanussi fans - we had one for 16 years with no repair bills ever, and it had a hard life - 3 children! We only replaced it because it finally died a spectacular death and we bought a Dyson. Hmm, I can see why he stuck to making vaccuum cleaners is all I can say.

Good luck with your MF journey, I'll look forward to reading it

Mabel

patrick_bs15

£527 OP

£33,096 to go...