On 2012-08-11, at 10:44 AM, Paul Brandon wrote: > I did once have a very mediocre student ask me for a letter of recommendation. > I told him that it would be an accurate description of his performance; he > threatened to sue me if I sent it. > I did, and he didn't.
I tell students flat out whether the letter I write will be one that is likely to help their application or not. The issue is not usually that their performance has been poor. It is usually that I do not know the student well enough to write anything that would not already be in the application (grades, CV entries, etc.). This is a major issue for students at large schools like York (55,000) because many students never get to know ANY teacher well. Chris --- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================== --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=19660 or send a blank email to leave-19660-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
