An essay about building a boat?

College Essays
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<p>My son is going to be a senior. He is passionate about Hockey, has played for his high school team and since he has been 5. He also has community service 2 hours/week skating with physcially and emotionally disabled kids and young adults.</p>

<p>He has just purchased a kit to build a boat and is starting on it. He wanted me to buy him a boat and when I wouldn’t he decided to get the kid and build one himself. It won’t be done by the time he finishes his applications, but he is thinking about writing his essay about it. What do you guys think?</p>

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<p>I think that if he is passionate about the topic, it won’t matter what it’s about. Building a boat is great, and I don’t think the topic is hackneyed either (unless he tries to connect the experience with some larger-than-life lesson about working hard or something). Ask him what he wants to write about. If you wants to write about the boat, that’s great.</p>

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<p>if he can make an application to his life. sounds great</p>

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<p>I think that he would have to be reasonably far along on the boat to base a credible essay on it. The best college essays often involve reflection on the writer’s experience. If the boat is not so far along at the time of writing, then perhaps his actual experience at that time will be insufficient to write and reflect about. </p>

<p>So, I’d say, get building!–and see what develops.</p>

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<p>This is a great novel idea. Sounds awesome</p>

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<p>He is busy working. Part of how it relates to his life is how he even came about deciding to do it. Sort of like growing up not being able to have everything you want, but working for what you do want and finding creative ways to get it. He plays sports, always wants expensive equipment, has sort of learned a barter system etc. Wanted a boat. Worked hard and asked and asked me… searched for boats on sale, since he could not figure out a way to pay for it, found another alternative. He is passionate about it. I would rather have him write about his experience mentoring and volunteering with disable kids and adults in an adaptive skate program he works at since he is also passionate aobut hockey, but right now he is more passionate about the boat.</p>

<p>He did mention it to an interviewer the other day at a college interview and the interviewer thought it was really cool.</p>