Ok to give letter of recommendation to other recommendation writers?

Applying to College
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<p>I am applying for a summer program (yes I know this is college admissions forum, but I figured asking a question like this is best here, where people have already gone through the recommendations process), and I have already received a supplemental rec from my science research mentor. Since I need recs from teachers as well, I was wondering if its acceptable to let them see this rec so that they can know what I do outside of class (in the lab). I know that one of the teachers has explicitly asked for something like this, so I will probably provide him with it. However, is this some kind of breach of privacy/social etiquette? Since my mentor let me see the letter...and he probably would be ok with me giving it to the teachers, the only problem I see here would be a break of some social code I am unaware of or biasing my rec writers.</p>

<p>Has anyone else done this, or thought about doing this?</p>

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<p>Usually, you just explain what you do outside of class (in your case, in the lab) in a letter you give to your teacher, along with why you're applying to the college/scholarship/whatever, and whatever else you want to explain to them, perhaps something they want to keep in mind while writing the rec. You don't usually give recs to teachers -- it's the other way around. =p</p>

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<p>I think it's pretty tacky.</p>

<p>Give the other professors your resume or personal statement if you want to provide them with more info.</p>