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    The Onion‏Verified account @TheOnion 26 Oct 2015

    Creative Writing Professor Takes Time To Give Every Student Personalized False Hope http://onion.com/1ORR3E7 pic.twitter.com/OE6yGZ4bSM

    9:16 AM - 26 Oct 2015
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      1. clementineofdoom.org‏ @radkatz 26 Oct 2015
        Replying to @TheOnion

        @TheOnion @popculturefan78 @ hsa creative writing

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      2. Jeff Cottrill‏ @jeff_cottrill 26 Oct 2015
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        @TheOnion @themockler This is actually the opposite of every creative-writing professor I had.

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      3. Kathryn Mockler‏ @themockler 26 Oct 2015
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        @jeff_cottrill @TheOnion It's a different world now that creative writing programs exploding & adjunct professors r desperate to keep jobs.

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      4. Jeff Cottrill‏ @jeff_cottrill 26 Oct 2015
        Replying to @themockler

        @themockler Well, I meant in the sense that my teachers (and fellow students) told me to give up since I didn't know how to be a minimalist.

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      5. Kathryn Mockler‏ @themockler 26 Oct 2015
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        @jeff_cottrill Ha ha!

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      1. Wayne Tyson‏ @WayneTyson11 26 Oct 2015
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        @TheOnion @DanBarryNYT Shhhh... somewhere, someone in the ivory towers of education is thinking this is a GREAT idea.

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        @TheOnion @mattdre98

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      2. Jeremy Yanofsky‏ @MysterY186 26 Oct 2015
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        @TheOnion How do creative writing professors get their jobs anyway, I wonder?

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      3. Jessicaw Spookeney‏ @jswee_ 26 Oct 2015
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        @MysterY186 @TheOnion With a degree and false optimism

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