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[quote=Anonymous]OP here. In this case, my problem with it is not the quality of the letter. Sure, the student could get some help to write the letter and wind up with a great recommendation signed by a teacher. I am not this student's parent but I'd be happy to help them with it.

Rather, I think it is hurtful. This is a student who has really put a lot of effort specifically into classes and activities with this teacher and has, to quote a PP, cultivated what sounds like a positive relationship. For instance, the student is spearheading a project this year that the teacher is advising on and they have already spent a lot of time working on it.

Basically, I think the student is hurt that the teacher can't take the time to write a recommendation for her, given the teacher's extensive familiarity with this student's academic ability, work ethic, and extra-curricular interests. I think it has been an ego blow at a time when I think this student could use encouragement. I have been trying to think of how many the teacher is using this as a teachable moment, like trying to get this student to talk herself up as a confidence-building exercise. But it has had the opposite effect, and now the student feels that not even the teacher she has worked closest to and who teaches her favorite subject believes in her.[/quote]

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