Author: WhitePlainsDave
Date: 2017-08-07 19:29
Gracefully..or per se to do "with class"--yet restated, as gracefully as possible
Be honest. Teacher 1 may not agree with your reasoning; they may be right, and/or biased. It may not be graceful, but often it's the least awkward way, and will likely leave you with less guilt than even a plausible lie.
This is always sticky when Teacher 2 knows Teacher 1.
It's, for lack of a better way to describe it, suppose to be sticky. This is what happens when people with a conscience, like you, make decisions in their own best interest (which everyone is entitled to do) that adversely affect others.
Restated, a sociopath would have no problem with this. But feel sorry for them. Unlike you, living without a conscience is easier, but not meaningful or consistent with being able to form bonds with others.
Your options: stop caring, which is not an option because you're a good person, or accept that the gracefulness is partly out of your control and up to the teacher 1.
But if you feel teacher 2 enough better for you, DON'T back out simply to avoid an awkward situation: that's selling you short.
As fuzzy pointed out, there are simply potentials for gain, the teacher's abilities for a moment looked beyond, in that new perspective is beneficial to you.
If teacher 1 was offered a lucrative teaching position at a University that required him to move, and contractually required him to only teach at the University, I would expect him to part ways with you, and I'd expect you to understand. Right?
Post Edited (2017-08-07 19:31)
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