Interviews/visiting - my parents think it's impractical?

classicalmama
Wed, 17 Nov 2010 23:36:44 +0000

As a teacher, I can sympathize with your mom; it IS difficult to take time away from the classroom and most teachers have limited personal days they can even take to do stuff like this. We managed to fit the interviews in on days when the bs’s were open and our school wasn’t; you might want to do some calendar comparisons and see if there’s a day or two like that that might work for you.

That said, it sounds like your mom is hedging. BS is hard on parents–we love you guys and don’t really want you to leave so soon! You might get further with her if you sit down and talk to whole bs thing over–what she might be worried about, why you really want to go, etc. A heart to heart might do you both some good and get you both less in battle mode and more on the same page.