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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Calm down. Teacher here.  I usually have 40+ to do.  They take an hour each to write a thoughtful one.   I have never missed a deadline in 20 years doing more than 500 recs but I also get some of them done in the couple of days before the deadline.  It does not matter to the school whether I submit it in September or October 30th.

Please remember that some teachers will not do recs (several at my school). The rest of us pick up the slack and it is not a requirement of our job. We do it because we believe in our students and want them to do well in life.  All I want is a sincere thank you and some faith that I will be a professional and mee the deadline. I have to say that the students who are rude and ask me why I haven't finished weeks before the deadline do not leave the impression they probably want to leave.[/quote]

Thanks for explaining.

[b]It's a bit tough on anxious students and parents who don't know that it works like this.[/b]
Blame it on the high-stakes system, if you want, but have a little tolerance for the students. It's a shitty time, honestly.[/quote]

How difficult is it to understand that there are many more students than there are teachers so teachers will be doing multiple recommendations, each of which take time in order for it to be personalized to your kid. So the teachers are supposed to jump when you say jump because you've chosen to create this sense of anxiety for you and your kid? That is a terrible lesson to teach your kid. Work on ways to manage anxiety in your household. How is your kid going to survive college?[/quote]

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