Write about a mentor whose methods are controversial.

Posted in Character on Oct 27, 2023

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“GRANNY AND JOSHIE MAKE JAM” by Christine LW

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GRANNY AND JOSIE MAKE JAM Josie decided to visit her granny at Dell Cottage. When she arrived there, she found granny in the ki...

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“Better to Worse to Better” by Heather Johnsen-Gisi

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My name is Billy Porter and my life sucks. Or at least it did until I met my "Homeless Godfather." He wasn't my real godfather, but he was homeless. In fact, that's really all he was or all he appeared to be. Just a homeless guy. But then he really wasn't... Now I am even confusing myself. I guess in order for you to understand I'll just tell the story. Here it is from the beginning:One Monday I was really feeling sorry for myself. I hated my job at the real estate company my father owned. I was still just the secretary because Dad said I di...

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“A Lady Monk Who Attained Nirvana in Her Rompers” by E Shan

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In a remote town nestled in a valley, there stood a popular residential school run by a monastery. For years, the school had followed a conventional system, with separate campuses for Boys High and Girls High located about a kilometer apart. However, as time went on, the head of the institution realized that the school was struggling to keep up with the modernization demanded by its resident students. The esteemed leader of the institution made his way towards the revered Lama, the esteemed spiritual figure who held the highest position wi...

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“Hard Lessons” by Jed Cope

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“Ow!” I cried, “what was that for?!” “So you will remember,” my father said sternly. And I did. Now, if you were to ask me. If you were to request that I look back down the years. Through the jaded lens of the person that I am now, not the fresh and craze free lens of the green boy that I was then. If you were to say to me, did your parents ever hit you? I would give you a categorical no, and I would mean it with all my heart. You see, that tap he gave me did not hurt. Quite the opposite. My Dad loved me and I was never, ev...

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“Smokers Unite” by Joseph Hawke

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Smokers Unite! “Good afternoon, and welcome to Wellness Today, your daily outlet for quality information on health and wellbeing. “I’m your host, Cameron Baldwin, and today we have a very special guest, Doctor Englebert Higglesby, a tenured professor at James Hopkington Medical School, the leading medical school in the Americas, and an expert in disease management and consumption epidemiology, a new field that Doctor Higglesby has innovated with funding from various i...

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“Run Betty, Run!” by Aicha Lghyati

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“Again!” Mr. Black shouted. Betty’s legs trembled as she started running another lap, the 10th for today. She wanted to tell him to stop, that she couldn’t take it anymore, but flashbacks of her crying at night came back to her. She’s always dreamed of making it to the Olympics, and for that, she had to push herself to her limits. “If you can’t run Betty, you can always quit.” He pointed out her wobbly feet before she reached the 10 lap mark. “No sir!” she shouted, determined and out of breath. “Stop!” he yelled. As soon as she heard his ord...

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“Hatred Lights the Way” by Nikita Kovalov

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“Oh heavens, please! Don’t cha have no heart? My little ones would starve! Have mercy on us!” The woman had wailed desperately for the last half-hour, feebly struggling in the dirt against a cordon of bored dragoons. Gods, what a foolish waste of time.“As per the Chancellery of the Great Empire of Kharz, sanctioned by the Revered Emperor himself, this year’s food tax on the rural populace has been increased by 20%. It is to be collected by any means necessary and with no exemption”, Kozminsky proclaimed in a loud and confident voice to an au...

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Write about a mentor whose methods are controversial.

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✍️ 22 stories

“GRANNY AND JOSHIE MAKE JAM” by Christine LW

“Better to Worse to Better” by Heather Johnsen-Gisi

“A Lady Monk Who Attained Nirvana in Her Rompers” by E Shan

“Hard Lessons” by Jed Cope

“Smokers Unite” by Joseph Hawke

“Run Betty, Run!” by Aicha Lghyati

“Hatred Lights the Way” by Nikita Kovalov

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