You can easily draw parallels between what people are made to write in college admissions and, say, modern electoral politics. Prompts and questions are design

You can easily draw parallels between what people are made to write in college admissions and, say, modern electoral politics. Prompts and questions are designed purely to give someone a chance to pander and make nice sounding things up, rather than say the bald, simple truth. No wonder some people found Trump appealing -- at least his pandering and lying was refreshingly frank and direct.