Creepy recommendation letter to columbia?

Applying to College
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<p>Ok so I have this teacher at my school. I’ll call him… Mr. Smith.</p>

<p>I’ve had a close student-teacher relationship with him for the past three years of my high school career. He always challenged me mentally and I could talk to him about anything. And I asked him for a recommendation for college.</p>

<p>One time when I went to his room, he wasn’t there, but his computer was turned on. I was curious and probably shouldn’t have done what I did next: I sneaked through his files and pulled up my recommendation, just for a quick peak.</p>

<p>He used words like “sensuous” and “attractive” to describe me. He said I was an “interesting” student to teach, that I was “svelte” and precocious…</p>

<p>I was so creeped out. Was this guy serious? I told my parents and want to tell the school, but I don’t want to get in trouble with them for seeing the letter.</p>

<p>Also how will this affect my chances. He recommended me to COLUMBIA. I don’t even know what to do…</p>

2

<p>I think he used the thesaurus a bit too much.</p>

3

<p>that…is super creepy
but you aren’t supposed to know what he wrote anyways, and Columbia knows that
(even if you did look…awk)
so the inappropriate things he says shouldn’t be hurting you y’know?</p>

4

<p>Where did he touch you?</p>

5

<p>He only touched my brain, I swear!</p>

6

<p>Go straight to your principal. I know Yale will. This is sick.</p>

7

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<li><p>That is really creepy. I say this as both a teacher and the father of an 18-year-old daughter.</p></li>
<li><p>Unfortunately, this is the risk you run when you snoop. You now know something you wish you didn’t know, and you can’t figure out how to do anything about it. (Neither can I.)</p></li>
<li><p>The fact that Mr. Smith turns out to be creepy illustrates an important point about those teachers you can talk to “about anything”: don’t do that; you could regret it later.</p></li>
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