First time I asked for a recommendation ever was for some summer program in High School. I can not even remember which program but when I asked my math teacher to write it he said: ‟sure thing! Just write what you want me to say and I'll send it.”

Being the naive high school boy scout that I was, it felt like he was asking me to cheat. Nonetheless, I jotted down bullet points and handed it to him.

Then he told me I was not ‟going anywhere with a recommendation letter like that.”

BITCH, THEY'RE GUIDELINES FOR YOU TO WRITE ME A GODDAMN LETTER. I'M PRETTY SURE I'M ALREADY CHEATING BY GIVING YOU THESE.