It was a stroke of genius as we were batting around ideas, when Joshua decided to write his essay about Emperor Fabius Maximus, nicknamed Cunctator, The Delayer . Surely college admissions readers would not yawn, having read thousands of essays on this topic!
Beyond catching attention, the topic was strategically a good choice. It reinforced Josh’s A’s and prizes in Latin. Writing playfully about how he and the emperor shared a tendency to delay, Joshua demonstrated wit, introspection, and his talent for finding relevance in ancient texts.
Joshua’s essay enhanced his intellectual and academic stature and certainly set him apart from others with a C average and in the bottom half of the class.
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