pgce begins september - reassurance needed

[onenicegirl]

i am to begin a primary pgce full time this sept, my ds will be one yr. most of the time i think i will manage - have good family support and did degree working long hours - paid employment so know how to juggle.
but i receive so much negative response when i tell both friends/strangers/ other student teachers my plans that it makes me insecure.
can i do it?
any stories of struggles/tips/advice etc please

in need of reassurance!!!!!

I went into teaching as a more mature student. It is the best job I have even had.

Make sure you structure your time....and when you get to the end....stop! Don't get suckered into the 'Just one more thing', thing!

i am also a mature student and know that i definitely want to teach - i am just worried about missing out on time with my ds and not acheiving as well as i hope. its that juggling thing.
i already do that - just one more thing... and one more... guess i have 3 months before i start my course to knock it on the head. cheers!

Have a cut off point for going to bed. DOnt work past it. MAke lots of lists and more lists.

i'm a bit rubbish at sticking to a bed time - blame the internet - maybe i should set myself a bed time alarm.

thanks

I wasnt thinking of mumsnetting, more like doing school work until well in to the early hours!

i was a mature student though not with children though i am at the moment doing an ou course with a toddler and a 3 month old. I think you are doing a good thing. You may find that although the course is fulltime you are not in uni everyday all day.(wed pm are usually designated sports) good luck and enjoy it.

thanks alot nicnack2. i know i will enjoy it, just feel a bit negative sometimes, but so positive too.

I did PGCE when dd was 8 months old. Was Mrs Organised (then haha not now) and got through it. Struggled financially at the time and dh worked away for 3 months of it BUT I so wanted to do it, and that was my motivation. What helped me was the group that I was in- people in similar cicumstances and we helped each other rather than competing. If we found a reference we shared it, a lot of photocopying being shared rather than squirrelling it away. I did work a lot of long hours, especially when assignments were due. So please be positive and give yourself confidence because the main thing is that you want to do it- and it's only a year! Ps I was one of the top students in my year amazingly as were 2 of my friends.