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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD asked her AP Computer Science Principles teacher (from last year) to write her a letter of recommendation. She is applying to very selective colleges as a computer science major, so as you can imagine, this letter would have been an important part of her application.

However, the teacher said she would not be willing to write it since DD missed class a lot last year. Due to a combination of her sport, a family emergency, and travel, DD missed a significant amount of school in her junior year, but all her absences were excused and she explained this to the teacher. I'm really surprised the teacher would act like this- we are at a large public (not magnet). DD got an A in the class and is obviously passionate about the subject, and thought the teacher liked her. It's really surprising, and not fair.

DD was counting on this letter, and she doesn't know who to ask and what to do. Any advice? She is getting a letter from her AP Comp teacher as well, but it won't be strong since that's not her favorite subject.[/quote]

A family emergency is ok, but not sport and just travel.  It was a reasonable reason to say no.[/quote]

+1 I'm team teacher on this one - not unreasonable at all.  A good life lesson here -- we all make decisions on what the prioritize and these decisions can often have indirect downstream impacts.

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