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Donna Christopher's avatar

👏’ forgotten a single story I’ve helped bring to life: the girl who showed up to her chess tournament in a hot pink jacket, the boy who trained a pet chicken, the siblings who learned American Sign Languge to communicate with their grandmother. After all, writing is not just a medium of communication—it is the most powerful tool we have to immortalize our unique experiences.’

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Larry Bone's avatar

Joan Didion wrote the reason she writes or wrote was to find out what she was thinking (but maybe also what she was feeling). And she was brilliant.

Children sometimes get mad at their parents. Don't tell me what to think, they might say. Or don't tell me how to feel. Yet they don't seem to mind being told by a machine or bot when they grow up as long as recycling what AI tells them will result in a gazillion likes, millions of followers and a 6 or 7 figure income.

It's great that you are there as an expert coach for students to be able to be themselves in writing their college entrance essays. And to perhaps realize their actual worth to themselves and to others and how to best navigate their way to still being a fulfilling success without having to bow down to AI.

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