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[quote=Anonymous]Those of you who are insisting that teachers should write letters of rec for all students who ask have no idea how long it takes to write a good letter of rec.  There is no time during the workday to do this for me, and while I am happy to spend a few hours of my own time at home writing letters of rec each year for kids who deserve it, I do not have time to write one for every student who wants it, especially the ones who wait to ask until just before it needs to be submitted.  If I adopted your policy of writing letters of rec for all, none of them would be careful and detailed enough to be effective.

And I agree with the PP who noted that the most entitled, arrogant kids are usually MC or UMC kids.  Each year I get emails demanding that I write letters of rec for some of these kids, followed by indignant, combative emails from the parents when I refuse.  You are not owed a recommendation.  You do not automatically deserve a recommendation just because you are physically present in my class.

Also, parents need to stop asking me to “coach” their child (by this they mean spend hours rereading and then “editing” the child’s work, or telling the child what to change and write) application materials.  I go home to my own family and life after school; I do not a robot who shuts down and waits in the classroom all night until needed again.[/quote]

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