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Well, that will demonstrate the absolute inability of people to think conceptually, because the SUBJECT of Costco, Walmart, etc is not the point of the essay at all. It is what you reveal about yourself and the actual topic is merely the vehicle."
of course that maybe true…that does not change a spike in big box/chain restaurant essays for the class of 2017.
anyway it sure beats the I volunteered in a poor village in Africa to teach reading and writing and after a while I realized that I was not teaching the people there they were teaching me.(that one played out long ago)