Importance of Letter of Reccomendations

[Anonymous]

They matter more than I realized. DD’s teacher said it was the first time he had shared a LOR with a student and the best he’s ever written in 20+years.

LORs will matter more as some schools do away with essays because of AI.

The pendulum will also swing to standardized testing as GPAs are unreliable and all over the place.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wrote 3-4 page brag sheet at end of junior year and became indispensable to teacher.

How do you become “indispensable to [a] teacher”?

If your kid honestly does not know then they aren’t going to get a top of the pile amazing rec. it is a genuine curiosity for the class, eager to participate in discussions, help advance the dialogue when very few are talking, help tie the discussion of the current readings to previous readings. A few kids do this naturally and are respectful of teacher and classmates. A few do it in an annoying way, trying to get attention and hog the floor. Teachers know the difference and we write the good recs for the first group. Some students are introverted and less chatty in class but still care about the subject and prefer to talk one on one with the teacher or come in at lunch and discuss. The genuinely curious students are obvious and in our school there are reports from teachers in the file from kindergarten on: the truly superb students have been that way for years, even if they were quiet when young or mildly boisterous—the natural highly intelligent students who crave learning are obvious, and they make classrooms work better!

couldn't have said it better. And it comes naturally....

Oh please. I’m sure your kid is an asset to the classroom but indispensable to the teacher? I guess the teacher wallows in misery once your child graduates? Decides to retire? Just can’t go on? Goodness, the hubris on this board.