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The reality is, you are an adult and this is your career.
You are working full-time and you are in grad school. Your
mentor teacher is correct: you cannot put your career and
goals first and your mother's wishes first. You are going
to have to choose. Suggest your mom come to visit you this
first year. I'm sure you will have a great year but you
are going to have to decide if you are living your life or
mom's life.

On 8/25/15, Nina wrote:
> I am beginning this year and will teach 3rd grade. I can
> hardly wait! I have 23 students and I am looking forward
to
> a rewarding year of service. The drawback here is I am
two
> and a half hours from my family. I will also be taking
> graduate classes on Friday nights and all day Saturday. I
> already have 12 grad hours. My Mom says she wants me to
come
> home as often as I can and I promised I would get home at
> least once a month. She said that I need to be sure I
take a
> day off a week and get enough to eat and sleep. That
won't
> be easy. My mentor teacher said this is not realistic.
She
> informed me to plan on working 7 days a week and with
> graduate courses doing more work. She even stated that I
> should explain this to my family and that even over
holidays
> and long vacations I will need to be doing some work.
There
> is a way I know. I know both my mentor and Mom are right.
> How do you folks do it?

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