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[quote=pbraverman]1. Ask the schools to which you're applying if your proposed approach is okay with them. It won't matter much what the teacher does if a school won't accept it.

2. Assuming it's okay, ask the teacher to put the recommendation in an envelope from the school (i.e., one with the school's return address printed on it), and mail it directly to the admission office. It's common practice for those writing recommendations to initial or sign over the seal of the envelope to show that it hasn't been tampered with. It would be unusual for a parent to deliver a recommendation letter for her own child.

3. The scenario you cite may not matter that much unless a parent actually re-writes a letter of recommendation, which is outright fraud. Yes, the parent might see what the teacher writes, and that's not kosher, but actually changing the teacher's rec is another kettle of possum entirely.

4. Parents who waive their rights to see recommendations (and you should!) but then steam open the letters raise concerns above the pay grade herein represented. :)

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