<p>An essay about growing up in a single-parent family living with my dad and how it has taught me to not take anything for granted.</p>
<p>An essay about meeting my deaf cousin and learning American Sign Language in order to communicate with him, and what I’ve learned about the deaf community. </p>
<p>Or an essay about founding an stock market club for students. Our goal was to preserve as much of our pooled wealth as possible, so we invested in conservative investments like ETF’s and learned a lot in the process despite losing the majority of our money. This club may not have been beneficial in terms of profit, but imparted us with a wealth of knowledge and experience that made helping to found the club beneficial for personal development, learning to cope with ostensible failures, etc.</p>
<p>Either 1 or 2 because they would reveal more about you and your values than 3, The challenge with 3 is that it lends itself to rationalization and post mortem analysis and explanations. It’s unlikely to reveal much about who you really are. Personally, as a reader, I would like read about 2.</p>
<h1>1 is way to common and the lesson is cliche</h1>
<h1>2 can be really good depending on what you learned. e.g. if you saw much he struggled IRL and helped him out.</h1>
<h1>3 is tricky because it wasn’t successful and saying “I failed to do so and so but it tought me such and such” is a weak writing style. If you cut out the failure part and only focus on the success it would be a lot better.</h1>
<p>I agree with the above poster that #1 is too cliche. #2 is my personal favorite. It reveals
your personal values
your connection to humanity
your unlikely, but unique contribution to society<br>
I personally think that learning about the deaf community is not only an opportunity for growth, but also a way to show your advocacy for the disabled community. I’d be most interested in it. </p>