<p>“In the first essay, students write about a meaningful activity. Adrienne writes about her participation in the National History Day competition and how it gave her the opportunity to work with “four brilliant, neurotic perfectionists toward a definite goal.” Thompson likes the fact that Adrienne can step back and see that about herself and her peers.”</p>
<p>I don’t want to copy her, period. I just simply want to know how she would approach the essay . . . I mean how did she show rather than tell, you know? Its pretty hard to do so . . . isn’t it? Anyone have an example?</p>
<p>I mean would you describe what actually happened that day? Or would you say I found how important “teamwork” is, or something?</p>