Rebecca Vitsmun

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“"If you can't hack it in an honors course, perhaps you shouldn't be in it."” by Rebecca Vitsmun

Submitted to Contest #136

In college, I had a teacher who, on the first day of class, said, "most of you will fail this class. Just because you get an A does not mean that I will write you a recommendation."As a person who believed myself capable of academic excellence, I didn't start by putting much stock in this, though it did seem as though he was standing in a serious posture. My early papers, where I was not trying very hard, returned scores in the 80's and I was surprised. I began to put more attention into the class and still received scores in the low 90's. A...

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I started my journey in professional writing on 2/5/22, but have been writing as a passion for decades. I have short stories, poetry, a children's book that is getting published (the traditional way), and am working on my first novel.