Really CRUCIAL question about counselor recommendations...PLEASE give me your advice

Applying to College
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<p>Okay, so I'm not sure how the counselor rec thing works. They get a list of your extracurrics, and your grades...blah..blah..and what you think about yourself. But do guidance counselors talk to your past teachers randomly about what they should write for your rec? In my case, my counselor knows me REALLY well, and likes me a lot, too. But I'm afraid she's going to randomly ask one of my freshman/sophomore year teachers about me, and that those teachers might tell him not so good things about me.
I'm actually a REALLY good student, but during 10th grade I had problems with two teachers. One was just plain horrible (she's done cruel things to at least 20% of the class, and is known for being crabby) and the other misunderstood something I had said about her and probably still holds it against me. Should I tell/indicate to my guidance counselor NOT to talk to some of my earlier teachers, but to rather talk to the new ones.
Maybe the better question would be, would my GC even talk to those teachers in the first place? Is that common, or do they only do that if the GC doesn't know you very well? I'm planning on indicating to my GC to talk to 11th grade/12th grade teachers only. </p>

<p>PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME/GIVE OPINIONS/ADVICE/ANY PAST EXPERIENCES</p>

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<p>come on…nobody can help me? Show me some love!?!</p>

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<p>Relax. If your GC likes you, they’ll give you a good recommendation, provided you give them enough to give you a good recommendation. As to talking to your teachers: I can’t say. The counselors and teachers chat with each other (at least at my school), but it’s not like they compare notes with each other. And besides, your counselor wants to give a recommendation that’s from a different perspective than your teachers. Furthermore, a guidance counselor recommendation likely isn’t going to make or break your application, unless you’re extremely rude/the counselor says they don’t “recommend” you for whatever college. Even if your counselor is nearly illiterate, that’s your counselor’s fault, not yours, and i doubt colleges will hold that against you much. The counselor may talk to some teachers, but if they hear a terrible perspective, but like you as a student, they’ll likely look for some other perspective.</p>