tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16010478.post113822028667283906..comments2024-03-22T02:57:20.853-07:00Comments on Center of Gravitas: I Write LettersGayProfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11289510184782252498noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16010478.post-1139436587505862122006-02-08T14:09:00.000-08:002006-02-08T14:09:00.000-08:00I just have to tell you how hilarious I found this...I just have to tell you how hilarious I found this post. I work in a medical school, and I have to write recommendation letters all the time. I, too, have developed shorthand phrases for what I really mean. <BR/>Great post!Bigghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01142387994755864057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16010478.post-1138343283814668162006-01-26T22:28:00.000-08:002006-01-26T22:28:00.000-08:00your blog is very crisp. :)your blog is very crisp. :)Aethloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10943629916231138113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16010478.post-1138322355754902862006-01-26T16:39:00.000-08:002006-01-26T16:39:00.000-08:00My favorite recomendation for a former employee wa...My favorite recomendation for a former employee was...<BR/><BR/>Do not hire them!<BR/><BR/>They (the caller) would respond with "What?"<BR/><BR/>Then I would say... "If you don't hire them, they will have to come back here and re-apply for their old job, and I sure would like them back.<BR/><BR/>As far as letters of recomendation.. I had a strict policy... you write it and I'll sign it... No one ever came back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16010478.post-1138252624315932742006-01-25T21:17:00.000-08:002006-01-25T21:17:00.000-08:00That's the thing I don't get about letters of reco...That's the thing I don't get about letters of recommendation: if everyone's lying, or at least painting a rosier picture than reality, what the hell use are they? And if everyone's looking for the "real" message, what happens with a truly sincere letter?Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03301077496668834657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16010478.post-1138250358143324072006-01-25T20:39:00.000-08:002006-01-25T20:39:00.000-08:00Man...looking back at my old letters of recomendat...Man...looking back at my old letters of recomendation, my professors must have hated me!Dorianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14754097613320749614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16010478.post-1138222191952660722006-01-25T12:49:00.000-08:002006-01-25T12:49:00.000-08:00The same kind of tea leaf reading goes on when dep...The same kind of tea leaf reading goes on when departments have to read applicants dossiers that contain letters of rec. when they hire new faculty. My partner recently had to do this and he told me how he decifered the letters he read. Its really amusing. I love academia.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12869584065420927072noreply@blogger.com