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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dear Teachers,

Here is a very useful tip and tool for you.  Give all your students on the first day of school, on BTSN, on your online grades portal, to their parents - a worksheet which has all the qualities that you want in the students that you recommend.   Tell them that this is how you will determine who you will give good recommendations to.   This worksheet should have place for both essays and a grid type answer space for all metrics that you care about. Make it comprehensive.

Make the worksheets a work in progress that you assess priodically with the students. When it comes time for students to ask for recommendation they should not find it difficult. 
 If they are scared of asking for recommendations or if they have not shown as growth as your students then you also have failed.  Both of you (student and teacher) must work together to reach the student at a place where he is worth recommending.  Without guidance how do you think the students will reach there?[/quote]

This is one of the most condescending and presumptious posts I've seen on this site. [/quote]

Yes, let's do this on top of everything else we have to do... for 100+ students.[/quote]
Tell me more about how I can better serve you. How about you teach your child to have strong work ethics and treat people with respect? I’m not writing you child a recommendation just because you demand it. They have to earn it. That’s the whole point! [/quote]

You all are missing the point. The kids who you think have earned your recommendation, most probably already have involved parents who teach their kids strong work ethics and how to treat people with respect.  The students who do not earn your recommendations come from families mostly where parents are not involved. In such a case having a cheat sheet and showing some cause and effect (good behavior and good grades = good recommendation) will go a long way in turning around some students.

This is a country where a stupid president asks people to drink bleach. Students may come from a stock similar to that of the POTUS. Teach them please because no one else seems to be teaching them.  [/quote]
Yes, respond by telling us that we don’t understand. That will show us the error of our ways. Teachers are so mean! [/quote]

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