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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid's teacher still has just over 4 hours, application still not submitted, so I hope she's almost done. Yes, he requested it back in April per our school's policy and yes, followed up as recently as a few days ago. I believe she will get it done, but geez, this is last minute![/quote]

Well, you had one student’s application to worry about.

She may have 50 or so students to help, plus her real job and her home obligations on top of that. Just because she hasn’t done yours doesn’t mean she hasn’t been working diligently.[/quote]

this is part of her read job. if she had too many already, she should have said no [/quote]

Sigh. No, it is NOT part of a teacher’s job. That has been repeatedly clarified throughout this thread. It isn’t in a teacher’s contract. And as your comment demonstrates, teachers can say no. Since they can say no, it clearly isn’t part of their job.

And because some teachers do say no, those of us who agree to write letters get slammed.

If parents would actually understand that we have until 11/1, then this thread would have stopped on page 1. Interestingly, nobody has come back and said the letters were late. It’s just a ton of parents assuming teachers aren’t fulfilling the task (even though they clearly are).

Man, I hope some of these parents actually encourage their kids to say thank you. [/quote]

If you're a jr year teacher and you don't see this as part of your job, you should do something else. [/quote]

No, it’s not a part of our job. Screaming the opposite doesn’t change reality.

There’s an assumption/hope we will write some, but we are able to say no as often as we like. And think about this logically: would you want it to be a requirement? What if I can’t say anything positive about your student?

I write close to 50. All on time / early. I do that out of respect for my students and a desire to help them out, NOT because it’s a requirement of my job.
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No I don't think a teacher should have to write a letter for a particular kid if they can't write a good one. But they also should not be able to refuse to write any at all, so I don't think that should be allowed. [/quote]

Considering the nature of these letters, you simply cannot (and should not) make them job requirements.

Some teachers aren’t strong writers. Some teachers won’t write favorable letters.
Some teachers don’t make connections with students the way others do.

If you want strong, well-written letters, you can’t make these a job requirement. Students would suffer. They must remain optional.

Schools could provide time to teachers to write these in the form of admin leave. That would be a solid accommodation, especially for the teachers who get asked the most. [/quote]

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