Welcome to the field Nina! I do hope you will enjoy it and
do well. You are learning that you will need to prioritize
in order to survive. Listen to your mentor teacher but also
keep Mom around for that needed moral support. This term
you may have bitten off more than you could chew with
starting the job and doing a good load of grad courses.
Your personal time will be extremely limited. Next semester
maybe you should cut down on classes.
Also make the most out of days off, long weekends and
vacations. Set yourself up on a schedule and stick to it.
If you know you want to visit the family on Sunday, plan
accordingly during the week. It would be good to have the
family over to see your place. Even then, that will mean
you are going to need to prepare.
You will learn what work for school you will need to do
right away and what you may put off a bit. A word of
caution- keep an eye on what your deadlines are so you are
not up until 4am.
Best of luck to you.
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