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To: governsleastgovernsbest
I have been in situations where a student or former student wants to compel me to write letters of recommendation with which I do not agree.

This is a bad idea, even if this professor is being unfair.

You should not seek honors from people whose honor you do not genuinely desire.

105 posted on 01/30/2003 9:29:35 AM PST by Jim Noble
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To: Jim Noble
This is a bad idea, even if this professor is being unfair. You should not seek honors from people whose honor you do not genuinely desire.

No disagreement on that. A reading of the full article reveals the prof requires anyone desiring a letter of recommendation to give his opinion as to how life originated. These are the basic problems with that:

Didn't we all shame the USSR when they used atheism and evolution to keep dissenters from good jobs and schools? Now we are doing the same thing!

119 posted on 01/30/2003 9:51:41 AM PST by Dataman
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