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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It seems rude to me. I can understand a teacher feeling overwhelmed with requests for recommendations, and some get asked for a lot more than others. But this still seems very inconsiderate.

Also, if it's relevant to your opinion: the student in question is extremely involved has received straight As in the teachers classes (has taken multiple with the teacher) and is very involved in an extra-curricular activity the teacher runs (has participated all four years and served in a leadership position with the group starting in junior year.

So it is not a question of the teacher having too little interaction with the student or not having good things to say about them -- even if there is a personality mismatch, the teacher could simply explain why the student has done well in class and point to their participation/leadership in the activity and it would be a positive recommendation pretty much by default.[/quote]

This is not rude... in fact your entitlement is a bit rude.  Teachers are not paid to write letters of recommendation.  But, as a high school teacher, I think this is a terrible practice because it renders most letters of recommendation worthless.

In your case, if a teacher needs to write from scratch, maybe they choose to limit their letters to only 20 per year and your child may not be one of those.  Be careful what you wish for.[/quote]

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