Anonymous
Post 08/04/2018 14:34     Subject: Re:Etiquette for thanking teachers for rec
My daughter wrote thank you notes and baked cookies and brownies and gave those to her teachers and counselors who wrote her recommendations.
Anonymous
Post 08/04/2018 13:32     Subject: Etiquette for thanking teachers for rec
Wow. I've written dozens of recs each year, and never received (or wanted!) gifts/payment. It's part of the job, and a sincere thank you is a enough.
Anonymous
Post 08/04/2018 13:10     Subject: Etiquette for thanking teachers for rec
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I wrote a rec for a student last year, that she asked for the day before it was due. It was for a private HS. After she got accepted, she wrote me a lovely note and got me a mug from the school. Not anything I ever expected, but a nice gesture!



I love that!


Me too! I’ll have to remember this for when DS starts applying and asking for recommendation letters.
Anonymous
Post 08/03/2018 09:44     Subject: Etiquette for thanking teachers for rec
I wrote tons and never wanted more than a sincere verbal thank you from the student. It was also nice if and when they stopped by a couple months lafer to report they had been accepted. That said written thank you notes were nice too.

Good luck - hope you are accepted to your dream school.
Anonymous
Post 08/03/2018 09:39     Subject: Etiquette for thanking teachers for rec
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I wrote a rec for a student last year, that she asked for the day before it was due. It was for a private HS. After she got accepted, she wrote me a lovely note and got me a mug from the school. Not anything I ever expected, but a nice gesture!



I love that!


My English teacher wrote me a college recommendation and after I got in, I got her a couple books written by alumni. She really liked that.


That is another great idea!
Anonymous
Post 08/03/2018 09:21     Subject: Etiquette for thanking teachers for rec
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I wrote a rec for a student last year, that she asked for the day before it was due. It was for a private HS. After she got accepted, she wrote me a lovely note and got me a mug from the school. Not anything I ever expected, but a nice gesture!



I love that!


My English teacher wrote me a college recommendation and after I got in, I got her a couple books written by alumni. She really liked that.
Anonymous
Post 08/03/2018 09:14     Subject: Etiquette for thanking teachers for rec
Anonymous wrote:$50???

Way out of line by any measure.


Why? You don't think each teacher put in AT LEAST an hour's work on it? I do. They're underpaid anyway and this is not part of their job. $50 was the least we could / would do.