Because this is a phone reference there's probably only a 50-50 chance that
you'll be called.
That being said, I tell the sugar-coated truth, i.e., that this is a
student who does well when she puts her mind to a task and that she has
excellent potential. With that info and with the student's transcript, the
potential employer should be able to put 2 & 2 together. If the student is
coming to you it's a safe bet that she has no one who thinks better of her.
That being the case, you'd be sending her up the proverbial creek by
refusing to serve as a reference. You don't have to lie but neither do have
to be brutally honest.
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Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D., Department of Psychology,
West Chester Univ. of PA, West Chester, PA 19383
Office: 610-436-3151; Home: 610-363-1939; Fax: 610-436-2846;
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Husband, father, grandfather, biopsychologist, herpetoculturist and
bluegrass fiddler
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Shameless self promotion: The Mill Creek Bluegrass Band performs every
Tuesday night at Dugal's Inn, Mortonville, PA. Call 610- 486-0953 for
directions.
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>
> Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 12:20:45 -0500
> From: Deborah Briihl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Recommendation for a student
> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> A student e-mailed me, asking for a recommendation for a job. I e-mailed
> her back and asked her what the job was about and a few other questions.
> This is her reply:
>
> In the interview he asked me what I thought you would say about me and I
> said that because you knew me on a more "professional (?)" level that you
> would prob. say that I was a good speaker (from Senior Seminar)...he told
> me that I would have to speak to crowds during meetings, and that I had
> been exposed to researching and reporting...because I will be reviewing
> credit and making decisions about the data given to me. I told him about
> my
> 100 on my final (that may be an interesting topic to talk about :)
>
> Here's the problem. This student was barely a "C" student and her last
> semester she almost received a "D" in one of my courses. The _only_ reason
>
> she didn't was because she REALLY buckled down and studied for the last
> test and, indeed, received a 100. However, nothing else that she did even
> came close. She was an OK speaker, nothing special. Any suggestions on how
>
> I'm supposed to handle this phone call? Can I tell the interviewer about
> her other grades? I believe that she included me as a recommendation
> before
> I was asked.
> Deb
>
> Dr. Deborah S. Briihl
> Dept. of Psychology and Counseling
> Valdosta State University
> Valdosta, GA 31698
> (229) 333-5994
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>
> Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 21:33:17 -0500
> From: "McKinley-Pace, Marcia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
