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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DW is a teacher and got 9 done yesterday (took a personal day under the weight of all the 50 she has). Only 4 left and they will indeed get done. BTW, for those kids and parents who were rude right as she was writing the rec letter, guess what the letter is going to say..... As others have said, letters of rec are a gift to your child. They are not a right. They will get done people.  I hope all of you pay all bills weeks early and get projects done at work a month ahead of time. Because that is what you are asking the teachers to do.[/quote]

Many of us do pay bills early and get projects done early to avoid any last minute rush/disaster/surprises. Surely, you understand that?[/quote]

It’s so easy to judge from the outside, isn’t it?

I’m one of the several teachers posting on this thread. My department is taking turns using personal days so we can stay home and get letters done.

And, to add insult to injury, we have to cover each others’ classes since we have no subs.

So we are taking leave AND losing planning periods in order to write these letters, some of which we were just asked to do this week.

You’re right. I guess we could simply knock them out at home. It’s not like we have our own families or other obligations. And it’s not like we have other work (planning, grading) that we already use our evenings and weekends to do.

So simple to judge. Much harder to live the reality. [/quote]

First off thank you for being a teacher- it is critical yet under paid and often under appreciated job.   Too late for this year but our school has what I think is a great system for recommendation letters.  In the spring of junior year they ask the students to rank list the teachers that they want recommendation letters from.  They also ask the teachers to list which juniors they would be happy to write recommendations for.  The goal of the exercise is to 1)force the kids to get their requests, 2) balance the workload so no one teacher is overwhelmed and 3) prevent the negative situation where a teacher is writing a recommendation for a student they don't feel they know well or can unreservedly recommend.  They also have students and parents write up brag sheets.  You might try suggesting to your administration.   [/quote]

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