Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!uwvax!oddjob!gargoyle!ihnp4!mhuxu!davims From: davims@mhuxu.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.edu Subject: recommendations from teachers Message-ID: <6633@mhuxu.UUCP> Date: Fri, 17-Jul-87 11:03:46 EDT Article-I.D.: mhuxu.6633 Posted: Fri Jul 17 11:03:46 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Jul-87 17:50:48 EDT Reply-To: davims@mhuxu.UUCP (SZ-LOCOCO,JOHN) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill Lines: 24 My boyfriend is a May 1987 graduate in CS. He asked some of his former teachers for recommendations, and they said they'd be happy to oblige. When my boyfriend received his letters of recommendations from the teachers, they turned out not to be "recommendations" at all. They said some pretty nasty things about him that outweighed any good points. Has anyone out there ever heard of something like this happening? Why did these teachers even bother to write their so-called "letters of recommendation" if they were just planning on saying nasty things? To the professors out there: Personally, what do you do if a student you don't have a high opinion of asks you for a letter of recommendation? Please answer through the network. Thanks. Laura P.S. My boyfriend threw out these letters. What a waste of time for every- one involved! -- John B. Lo Coco (mhuxu!davims) (mhuxu!ogre) 1-201-467-7436