<p>My younger son had a math teacher write one of his recommendations because he adored the teacher. He’s no math genius, but the teacher wrote a terrific letter about how he really understood the material even if his test grades didn’t perfectly reflect that. (He’s not speedy and can’t remember formulas so he rederives a lot of them.)</p>
<p>My calculus/physics teacher wrote me a glowing, wonderful recommendation. He also handwrote it in pen on the spot, in very plain English, and made a LOT of grammatical errors and spelling mistakes. It was also very direct and described me as one of the best students he’d had. I submitted it anyway - more amused than anything else - and I still got in. The school is more concerned with the content of the letter than the way it’s written, and if it’s a glowing recommendation, then it’s okay.</p>
<p>I think’s a poor idea to remove a glowing recommendation just because of a few grammatical errors. I mean, incoherence is one thing, but grammatical errors?</p>
<p>This is a “blatant disregard of trust.” It’s just a teacher with poor English skills. I also don’t think you should remove English as an intended major if it’s really your intended major simply because you don’t have a recommendation from an English teacher.</p>
<p>My parents were also not as involved in the process. They did not look over my applications and they certainly would not have opened my recommendation letters. As far as they were concerned, I was almost an adult and they had raised me well enough to handle the process on my own. It was very valuable when I had to apply for graduate school and jobs later on on my own.</p>