Through the many courses taken in my Bethel career, one thing seems to remain the same: No one ever wants to do the class reading.
I’d argue it’s easier than ever to not do the readings, with AI and SparkNotes and endless digital distractions. I once had a peer who, instead of preparing for an exam essay response like a human being, made AI write the whole thing and memorized it word for word before the test. (No offense, but is that not more effort than just learning the material?)
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By Laura HuntI’ve never really called her RuthAnn. Though, I have called her Ruth, Root, Tooth, Toothy, Woab, Ooby and Roob. The last nickname of which was born on a cold February day when we were on a pilgrimage in the middle of nowhere Minnesota.We were 14 and neither of us could drive, unfortunate given that it was the second day of our sleepover, Roob basically lived in a conglomerate of soybean fields and we were stir crazy.“We could go to the store.” I suggested.“To buy what?” She looked a...

Q: What was the first thing you got published and the journey of rejections you faced?A: My goal was to publish in New York with larger presses, which the first two books I did. I wrote a really wonderful one page query letter to describe the book and a little about myself. And I sent that letter out to many, many, many, many literary agents. Most of them didn’t even respond. But after about six months of doing this, or nine months, one agency said we want to see the whole book, send the whole b...