<p>RTR–just so you don’t fret too much, one of DS#1’s teacher recs came from someone whose class (Spanish) he had gotten Bs-Cs in. While the teacher knew DS wasn’t particularly good at foreign languages, he knew him very well and thought the world of him intellectually. Wrote a glowing recommendation. Sounds like your son has chosen well.</p>
<p>To lkf–there have been various CC threads on how to ask for/get recommendations for kids who are shy, new to a school, in a large school where teachers don’t know many of the kids, . . . , who for whatever reason really don’t have teachers who know them well. The group wisdom has been for the student to write up a sort of “resume” to hand to the teacher–accomplishments, strengths, . . . If this is not your question, but rather how anyone gets a good recommendation from a senior teacher who doesn’t know the student, most kids ask teachers they’ve had for a year (or more) prior to senior year.</p>