TO: EVOC 503 Instructor Dr. Joe Scarcella
FROM: Phil Fournier
DATE: 12/27/2004
RE: 503, Quiz 3 vocabulary, Fournier
Letters of Recommendation
A letter of recommendation
should be written only if the writer can express honest and sincere praise
for the person requesting the letter.
The writer should be able to give specific examples of what attributes
are possessed by the requestor of the letter.
These attributes ought to be relevant to the position that the requestor
is seeking. This means that the writer
must have had a fair amount of contact with the requestor, perhaps as an
instructor, employer, or mentor. When
writing letters of recommendation, it is important to address the requestor by
their surname, rather than calling them by their first name, in order
to project a professional image. A
well-written, honest letter of recommendation can mean more to a prospective
employer than a glowing résumé.
School Boards
The concept of
governing a school district with a board made up of elected citizens
goes back to the very beginning of our nation’s history. The