DD was refused a letter of recommendation based on something dumb

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Her absences were excused but the teacher probably wasn’t happy that sports and a vacation took priority over her education.

If they were excused, then the teacher should not have refused. He or she does not get to override the school's policy on excused absences. Period.

[Anonymous]

You kid just learned a great lesson about consequences.

[Anonymous]

It just sounds as though the teacher doesn’t know your child well enough to write a rec. That’s okay, and it’s better to get recs from teachers who know your child better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Her absences were excused but the teacher probably wasn’t happy that sports and a vacation took priority over her education.

If they were excused, then the teacher should not have refused. He or she does not get to override the school's policy on excused absences. Period.

That’s not quite the issue.

I’m a teacher. If I don’t feel I can recommend a student, I won’t write one. There’s no school policy that can force me to do it, either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Her absences were excused but the teacher probably wasn’t happy that sports and a vacation took priority over her education.

If they were excused, then the teacher should not have refused. He or she does not get to override the school's policy on excused absences. Period.

Teachers can refuse to write any recommendation. A student can follow all the rules and not do anything "unexcused", and the teacher can still choose not to recommend him or her

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

You don’t have a right to treat high school as the lowest priority and then get upset when people call you out on it.

You do if you are a recruited athlete. I did not read the whole thread but that is a valid reason to miss school.

No, you don’t.

Parent of a recruited athlete who prioritizes school

+1. A student who attended our high school a few years ago (I'm going light on details here so as not to reveal them) competed at an international level throughout high school, including the Olympics, and was the class valedictorian. I'm guessing they had no problem finding a teacher to write a glowing LOR.

Why guess that? For all you know OP's kid could also be an Olympic athlete and valedictorian, or the kid at your highschool might have missed even more classes than OP's kid. Why would the kid at your highschool be treated preferentially to OP's kid?