Adam Renfro

Writing stories of survival, exile, and reckonings. Late Edition Press | The Night Desk | Escape from Suck City | IU Track & CC | Future Optimist🌈 🌊

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When you let your smart friend read your #WIP
#amediting #writingcommmunity

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@RaminNasibov Fante's Ask the Dust.

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Scary news out of science: Skeletons are real, and there's probably one inside of you right now.

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From Reddit. The architects of the 1950’s-60’s had a better vision of what the future could look like than the actual people of the future do.

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"Mr. Renfro, why did you give me an F?"

"Because that's the lowest grade."

(That punched my ticket into the Hall of Fame. It was difficult to get an A in my class, but it was even more difficult to fail my class. You had to go out of your way to fail.)

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I taught a forest ecology lab course in graduate school and thought my tests were pretty good since the average scores were about 75%, which was what I was shooting for. There was a nice distribution of As, Bs, Cs, and even some Ds and Fs.

If the average score test was below 75%, I curved grades up. If the average test score was over 75%, I didn't curve them down. I thought this was very generous.

The students were REALLY upset and told me that I was a really harsh grader. If the entire class got a question wrong on an exam, they demanded I thrown it out because that meant it was too hard.

Some students were in tears because they were "straight A students" except for my class, which apparently indicated I was doing something wrong.

The problem wasn't just with the students either. The professor who I taught the lab course for saw that a student in the class was going to receive an F in the class. The student was extremely lazy and never studied. He constantly missed assignments and generally didn't care about anything. An F was totally justified.

But the professor urged me to give the student a passing grade. I refused. He deserved to fail the class. This class was in his major, and passing him would have not only rewarded laziness and terrible work, but it would have sent a false signal that he was succeeding at his major. What he needed was an honest signal that may cause him to think hard about whether this major, and college generally, was right for him.

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@0fficialDregs_ Oh, no!

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#influencers

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@KoalaQuillHQ According to every influencer: Trust the process.

Found this one last night. The Weather Channel has a retro channel. Current weather. Retro look and smooth jazz music. Absolutely unnecessary. Which is also one of the reasons I appreciate it so much.

https://t.co/V6jHHGeGtI

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@TimHannan @SpeakOutNow16 Well, at least Jesus on the crucifix is safe from his theft.

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"Please allow me to introduce myself / I'm a man of wealth and taste."

Well, not so much of the "wealth" and "taste" part of the quote . . . and that's pretty much the main part of the quote . . . so, yeah.

Anyhow, I spent all morning working on this instead of writing. Credit to whoever created the original one that's circling the internet.

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Sorry, Marines. Trump said he would send the Army, but he knew it would take them too long to march there.

Article brought to you by the people making money off this.

https://t.co/fOnFmpF0JG

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@Dirtfarmr Leg.

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Uh oh. I live near Ft. Bragg/Ft. Liberty/Ft. Bragg Again, and I'm not sure what live-fire exercises are going on, but the explosions HAVE BEEN MASSIVE.

Weird way to prepare for "No more wars."

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@Dirtfarmr STFU. It's on TikTok filmed on post.

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Who's on your fantasy Race the Tube team?

https://t.co/0beEEGLmRP

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Mindfulness gurus are always like, “Live in the moment.”
Uhhh, have you met the moment? I mean, this miserable moment we're living in right now?
Let's not forget about our good friend, mindless escapism.
Not all day. Not every day. But it's a mental health strategy.
Heck, it's a work strategy for writers.
But take time to forget the moment. More movies. TV. Snacks.
Can I get a whoop whoop?

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Hey guys! Slow night here.

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@LindaMeadWrites That would have been better! Well, slightly better. 🤣

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Oh, goodness. You wouldn't believe how badly I misspelled "relief" tonight. I'm cringing. Did catch it before I hit SEND, but even spellcheck was like, "UR fuckin' with us, right?"