Your best friend is thinking about ending your friendship with him after the fact you decided you wanted to become a teacher. Your friend has never liked people who were or are teachers and refuses to ever associate with people that are.
What would you say to this friends of yours and how would you feel?
2007-12-02 06:32:59 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Sorry! I would never have an idiot like that as my friend in the first place! However, assuming I did, I would just tell him. "God riddance to bad rubbish!!!"
2007-12-02 07:33:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Obviously this person worries more about what you are rather than who you are. Not very good way for a best friend to behave. I let someone else talk me out of being a teacher and have regreted it ever since. I no longer see this person, who was a best friend as well, and that makes the regret even harder to handle. I was in a car accident several years ago, and lost a large part of my memory and the ability to remember, so I cant even go back to school now and try to become a teacher. Go forward with what you want from life, and allow the friend to make their decision as to whether to stay friends or not. I think being a teacher is one of the best things a person can be. And a lot more people will benefit from your becoming a teacher.
2007-12-02 15:26:04 · answer #2 · answered by tryin2bme2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You and your "best friend" may BOTH need a lesson in what
friendship is and what it isn't.
One of the main components of friendship is tolerance and
support. You support your friend in their endeavors ... whether you agree with them or not. You do that because you really care about your friend ... and you want them to be happy. You encourage a friend to achieve their goals.
You do NOT demand that a friend succumb to ALL of YOUR
thoughts and ideas ... True friends celebrate and delight in
each others differences ... and different choices.
Are you prepared to let this "friend" dictate your career choice; ..... then what ELSE???
And what is this bias that your friend has against teachers
anyway??? Most of us would think that a teacher is an
honorable profession .... I don't understand the position that your "friend" has taken. But if I were you .... I would certainly
question whether this is a REAL friendship!
2007-12-02 15:14:22 · answer #3 · answered by kjh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say...what is his issue??? Sounds like he needs to deal with it. Being a teacher is a very respectable career. The fact that he is your friend now....and then decides not to be your friend because you want to teach??? Not if you decided to sell meth to kids....MAYBE I could see his point of view. I mean...come on, really?
Not your problem though....Perhaps you could say...hey, just what is your issue with teachers? Do you think I am a bad person??? If he cannot deal with your choice....then maybe you are better off without his friendship and the fact he is so close minded to people in this profession. His loss, not yours.
2007-12-02 15:30:05 · answer #4 · answered by Terri S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would tell that friend that my career choice is my own, and that I will not give up something that I really want to be doing to please him or anyone. I would go ahead and take my classes to become a teacher, and let him know that the choice is his.
I would probably miss the friend if he decided to stop being friends, but would also know that at times, relationships do change, and sometimes they end.
2007-12-02 14:37:15 · answer #5 · answered by Catnip 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would feel hurt. Try not to think about it too much. It sounds like that person was not a true friend in the first place. A true friend would not end your friendship because he or she dislikes people in the career you have chosen.
2007-12-02 15:31:30 · answer #6 · answered by ltlsparrow21 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would tell him "I'm sorry you feel that way" and let him go. Frankly he doesn't sound much of a friend to me if he is basing the friendship on your career rather than who you are as a person.
2007-12-02 14:38:13 · answer #7 · answered by jdhs 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well you obviously must make the correct career choice to satisfy your own needs, I would apologize for having dissappointed him with my career choice, but you feel comfortable in the decision you've made and if he wants to ends your friendship over something so menial, he wasnt a friend worth having to begin with, a true friend stands by your choices regardless of theor personal opinion.
2007-12-02 14:48:54 · answer #8 · answered by Miss Rhonda 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably if you are going to be a teacher you have some level of maturity that has far surpassed your "friend".
2007-12-02 15:32:47 · answer #9 · answered by k8 p 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Would you want to be friends with someone with so small a mind?
2007-12-02 17:35:58 · answer #10 · answered by za 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋