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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Being sociable, friendly and engaging with classmates/teachers, a contributor in the classroom, is much more important than people realize.

Teachers talk amongst each other, "Oh you have Jimmy next year?  He's a great kid."

The more community-oriented and outgoing the kid is, the likelier their reputation will smooth the way for great recommendations and other soft support.[/quote]

So, basically, you’re promoting extroverted kids only? If a student is quiet by nature, they are perceived as not friendly and not contributing?

I hate it that teachers are so shallow.[/quote]

DP and this doesn’t matter to me at all. I don’t care of your kid is an introvert or an extrovert.  The best letters of recommendation are the ones for kids I really know. They also aren’t necessarily for the highest grades.  Your kid can be a quiet introvert but maybe we have a connection because they come to see me in the help block or after school and have told me about their passion for rock collecting and how they go fishing on the weekends while we work on math problems.  You don’t know how much they share with teachers.  [/quote]

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