I must say that, I appreciate all the responses to my post.
I'll tell you the whole situation in a nutshell. I work with children, as my full-time job. I work as a Kindergarten teacher, and with older kids later on in an after-school program. To be honest with you, I could care less what my friend thinks, because it seems she's the type that if she's not correct, than nobody is.
My main concern was with doing such a drastic change, in such a short amount of time, but I believe that my solution was appropriate. When I first found out, about a month ago that I was balding, I decided to shave it all off.
I didn't want to startle the children, so I cut it down to about an inch. Two weeks later, and I used the number three guard. Two weeks after that, and I used the number two guard. I just used the number one guard last Friday.
So, next Friday I'm going to use the buzzer, and shave it down to nothing. I got my mothers reaction, and she said "you look good with your hair that short, I can't imagine that you'll look bad bald, because you're basically at that point already."
It made sense to me, and decided that I'm going to do it. Next Friday, May 7th... I'll be completely bald.
Oh, it also helps that a cute girl that I know suggested that I do so, cause she said that I'll look good.