To be filed under "I love my students, but they can be so thoughtless..."

A student asked me to write a college recommendation for her. I told her I would, provided she give me this form they are required to fill out by the school and a stamped, addressed envelope. Months go by, nothing. I have her subschool send a note to her, nothing. Finally, I saw her today and she told me that she wasn't applying to that school after all, she'd applied somewhere else and gotten in and didn't need a recommendation after all. OK, so, cool, great, she got into college, but it would have been nice not to have to spend the time worrying about her recommendation if I didn't have to!!!