Carnation beat me to it. I wrote two non-recs interestingly for the same girl.
She was one of my students. She looked great on paper, varsity cheerleader, but in my class her behavior was abhorrent. She neglected work, refused offers for tutoring, and often tried to sit in the lap of one of the football players rather than in her seat. She distracted class to no end and was off task almost continually. I wrote her up and mother was shocked that I would actually refer her daughter to the office. I ended up having to defend my classroom policies and documentation of her daughter's poor behavior and lack of character.
As karma would have it, the following year (her senior year) I was asked to write a rec for this girl. I wrote a no-rec and had no regrets doing it.
This year I was asked to write yet another rec for the same girl. Apparently she did not get a bid (for whatever reason) to the sororities at her university, so she is rushing again this year as a sophomore. I had the privilege of seeing her freshman transcript and it was less than stellar. I wrote another no-rec. I sincerely do not want this girl having any possibility of being my sister ever.
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