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Smarmie Doofus

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13. +1. In the "old days" ( i.e. 1980's) we'd get glowing letters of commendation at the end .....
Mon Mar 5, 2012, 06:48 AM
Mar 2012

... of every school year. The letters usually specified some way that you as a teacher contributed to the success of the school that year.
Now they don't do this. ( Unless you write a grant that nets the school a whole truckload of cash or something).

I'm sure at some point admins were told to stop writing the letters because they'd be hard to explain in court or at dismissal hearings.

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