[helpontheway]

I think it's probably a safe assumption that the student's beliefs were probably made well-known throughout the course of the class. If the teacher is trying to teach science and the the student interjects with "creationist" dogma, the teacher hardly would have needed to ask.

[tallhappy]

I think it's probably a safe assumption that the student's beliefs were probably made well-known throughout the course of the class.

No. Read the article.

I checked to make sure that was not the case.

But he deliberately inquires about a student's beliefs on the issue if asked for a letter. He does not know it before hand.