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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have worked both as a core subject teacher and specials teacher and done many trainings offered by colleges on how to write letters that are useful to committees (letters from core subject and specials subject teachers or activity leaders serve different purposes). Literally in every training I have done, they suggest getting a draft from the students, a bullet list of what is important to the student, have a discussion of with the student of what they are looking for, etc. They dismiss impersonal - this is a good student letters. With over 150 students each year, I cannot best assist a student without them driving the process. [/quote]

Our instructions are the student to write the brag sheet and an email requesting a letter of recommendation in such a style that a teacher can essentially "lift" entire paragraphs and paste into their recommendation if they so choose.  So, it is not writing your own LOR...but it certainly is reducing the burden on the teacher in terms of both filling them in on your "back story" and what they need to do to make it their own.  I guess this is a hybrid approach.[/quote]

OP here and I have no problem with an approach like this and I think if the student had been asked for this, she'd have no problem whatsoever. She is not trying to make too much work for the teacher and was nervous to ask, specifically because she is very conscientious person who doesn't like to burden others. So she would have jumped at the chance to ease the teacher's burden.

But that's not what the teacher asked. The teacher said, "How about you write it and I will just sign it?" It was incredibly dismissive.[/quote]

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