I had a chuckle at this. Good this is happening. Kids spend too much time on that anyway and most of it is bullshit. Sure if you had some great success we need a verifiable way to show it (maybe a resume). But this whole “oh look what great things I plan for the world” is nonsense. Hopefully it’s a thing of the past soon.

Edit - talking about essays that folks write for college admissions, in case the context wasn’t clear.