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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wish schools would get rid of teacher recommendations.  For all of you that want to complain about bias from tests, let’s talk about  recommendations!

My kid also asked a teacher who said yes and now we wait at close to the deadline and only hope it gets done in time. Luckily they applied to many schools that don’t require any teacher recs but unfortunately their top choice does. [/quote]

And that recommendation isn’t late. The teacher still has a week. Why assume the worst of the overworked teacher?[/quote]
I said we hope it gets done in time.  That’s all we can do.  How would you feel if this was the only piece missing to your kids application with less than a week before the deadline? [/quote]

I know exactly how I’d feel. I may be a teacher, but I’m also a parent. My child was class of 2024. Her applications were in by early October, and her recommendations were posted right before 11/1.

And I didn’t stress. Why? Because I KNOW what teachers are going through and I KNOW that those teachers were swamped. I also trusted them to do what they said they would do because they are professionals.

And I also know that the way weren’t going to receive many thank you letters for all that extra work, too… many hours of unpaid work that isn’t covered by contract. So I encouraged my daughter to be one of the rare “thank yous.” [/quote]

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