<p>Platitudes:</p>
<p>1) How being part of a team changed me
2) How working with kids changed me
3) How working with seniors changed me
4) How hard work in general changed me</p>
<p>Other tragically excruciating essays:
- Look at me, I'm funny!
- I was the leader of this, and I did this, and I won this, and....
- My life is difficult; emo tear.</p>
<p>Now, all of these could fly if they're well-written, but the temptation to fall into the pattern is too great for most to resist.</p>