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<p>Recommendations won’t be “due” until much later in the year (December), so it might be possible to provide consistent effort/motivate oneself for almost a semester’s worth of time before the teacher has to finish the recommendation.</p>
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<p>I think that this is a question that needs to be asked directly to the teacher. In a case like your son’s, you really don’t want to take the chance of having someone write a BAD recommendation. </p>
<p>I take it there is no teacher that can write a letter without some qualifications…</p>
<p>If the answer from the teacher is, “I’ll write a good recommendation, but in all honesty will have to mention in passing XXX”–that could work. But if a teacher will not write you a mostly positive letter, then you really shouldn’t have that teacher write that letter. </p>
<p>Teachers are pretty good at warning you away if they feel they can’t write a recommendation that will help you out. Be sensitive to cues.</p>