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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a new HS teacher and I'll probably be getting these requests sooner or later.
How do you tactfully refuse to write a recommendation letter if you don't have anything great to say, or worse, if you have negative things to say and the student lacks enough self-awareness to realize that and asks you anyway?[/quote]

To be honest, I don't think a kid would ask you if they know you don't like them!  Believe me, kids know.  Did you ask teachers you liked and got along with or someone who someone who you didn't click with?  My kid asked the people they knew would give a good recommendation.

So, I don't think you have anything to worry about.  Think of a job you hated would you ask them to be a reference?  Hell, no![/quote]

This is not true at all.  Teenagers are not always aware and it’s not about a teacher liking them.  I like all of my students.  But some do the bare minimum in all classes and need to ask some teacher for a recommendation.  It happens to me every year.  I do what a PP suggested and say I’m not the best person to write it.[/quote]

Lol. If you don’t have much nice to say about the student, you don’t like them. [/quote]

So you think a good recommendation letter is me saying they are polite and nice to others?  This isn't elementary school. And I am an adult so yes there is a difference between not liking someone and writing a strong letter of recommendation.  You sound like a child.[/quote]

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