just wanted to get some thoughts on this before I bother the guidance counselor...
my h.s. junior is a fly under the radar type of kid and a bright but pretty average student-no aspirations for exclusive colleges or anything like that, no EC's to speak of...just average.
she is, however, in a very small, pretty difficult language class where she has had the same teacher for all three years where she shines.
unfortunately we found out that the teacher is retiring this February and its murky as to whether there will be a replacement or if the class will even be available next year--the fourth year is considered an AP due to difficulty and typically has maybe 10 kids, so I imagine its not a huge priority to hire someone.
this teacher would have been the obvious choice for a LOR since he truly knows her and I would think he would write a glowing rec. it would by far beat the generic blah blah of someone who barely knows her name.
the question is, do you think its premature (or obnoxious?!) to request he write one for her before he goes? I presume it would "go in her file" and just be ready to go for next year.
if its appropriate we'd like to get on it since i'm sure he's busy wrapping things up.
thoughts?
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