<p>My son asked a teacher to send recommendations to his selected schools. He sent all the forms and envelops to the teacher and the teacher sent them out to the schools. My son is still filling out all the applications.</p>
<p>The teacher also sent the recommendation to my son, which I think is very considerate. My son doesn't want to read it. He asked me if I want to read it. Should I? Would you?</p>
<p>i'm a kid, if i were your son i would, if my teacher willingly sent me it, it's because s/he wanted me to see it</p>
<p>Some of my son's teachers gave him extra copies of their letters of recommendation, in case they were needed for scholarships and such. They said my son could read them. In one case, it turned out to be good that we did, as there was an error concerning my son's EC's--we were able to tell the teacher, so he could correct it.</p>
<p>I don't see anything wrong with reading them, if the teacher sent them to him.</p>
<p>I regularly give my students a copy of what I wrote. I remember our porcess last year when D was trying to decide who to ask, knowing all her teachers would give her a good rec, but worrying about who would write the best letter. This way, the students can make the determination if they think I wrote it well enough orif they want someone else to send another in, or if there is an error that needs to be corrected. I also ask them to review it to see if there is something that they know the school wants to know about and I might have left that out. So many kids do so much nowadays, that it is difficult to know what the student thinks is the "hook." Hopefully, the student has done the research and has an idea what types of things this school is looking for.</p>