Should I get a job?

To be honest, I would say avoid working durning your freshman year if you can help it. At least for the first semester. For my first two years, I didn't need to work because I had a scholarship. After I transferred, I had to work almost full time to pay for school. I definitely prefer going to class without working. So I suggest taking at least a semester to become acclimated to your surroundings and the new system that you will be a part of. Afterward, you will be much better prepared to make a good decision....

I'm going to tell you like it is. Do what you want to do. If it'll make you happy to get a job, get it. You are grown and your mother can only offer you guidance. She can't run your life anymore. Don't let her live your life for you.

Now...the advice part. If you get a job, you have to be willing to be tired most of the time, miss out on football games, miss out on parties, miss out on friend time, etc. Having a job and going to school...that's tough. I'm a journalist...and my job is my paper. It's hard to do schoolwork and work at the paper at the same time. I make it work...but it's hard.

Do what you feel you should do. Don't feel as you're disobeying her. It's time for you to branch out on your own and do your own thing. Good luk to your situation!

Listen to your mama, Baby Girl! She knows best and we are prepared to sacrifice for our kids. She's not trying to run our live your life. She just wants you to get good grades and experience college to the fullest without worrying about a job. Mama's are really not all bad despite what many of our children think.

Mama Mo

I adgree with everyone.. Dont work unless you really have too... And plus when you get there your first year you will be so busy you won't even have time to work...... I say concentrate on school your first year and then you can always work in the summer after your spring semester...