I believe that our institutional policy required this. On Aug 11, 2012, at 11:15 AM, don allen wrote:
> My policy was to always give the student a copy of the letter that I was > going to send. I have always felt that if you aren't willing to say something > to a person's face then you shouldn't say it behind their back. In fact, I > followed this same policy when I was a prison psychologist. I would always > show the inmate the letter that I would be sending to the parole board. They > often didn't like what was in the letter, but they respected my honesty. > > -Don. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Christopher Green <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, August 11, 2012 8:49 am > Subject: Re: [tips] Ever Worry About Your Letters of Recommendation? > To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" > <[email protected]> > > > 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. Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato [email protected] --- 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=19663 or send a blank email to leave-19663-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
