<p>I’ve seen one of my recs (long story) and I thought it was amazing. It did start out with a sort of best in career thing, but it wasn’t “the best” it was “special.” And my teacher explained, in a very detailed manner, why. She talked about how I performed in the classroom, both as it pertained to her course, and as my actions there demonstrated my nature. (I really liked a sentence about my lack of “greedy intensity.”) I think a good rec doesn’t just show how you’re a great student, it states, in supportive detail, that every aspect of you available to the writer including your actions in class and general comport shows that you’re a great person.</p>
<p>The teacher I asked is an amazing writer though. The vocabulary she used to use in class, my goodness. We regularly heard “amanuensis.”</p>