Write an essay (500 words minimum)  on only one of...

Write an essay (500 words minimum) on only one of the following topics. Titling your paper is optional. You do not need to mention which topic you have chosen either but just make sure to keep checking it as you write because you want to stay on track. Try to formulate your thesis first and provide support from your own experience, the experiences of people you know, or materials that you have read, heard, or seen:

1. Some female students complain that they are not generally taken seriously in college and they have reasons for such a claim. If you agree with them, what could possibly be the reasons for thinking so? Explain how they are discriminated and who should be blamed for such a treatment.

2. Suppose your most or least favorite teacher or coach has been nominated for excellence in performance award and you, as a student admirer or detractor, intend to lend support for or raise objection to his/her nomination. Write an essay in which you would make a powerful case for your endorsement or disapproval. What led you to decide that he/she is the best or worst? You can address it to the selection committee if you wish to write a letter.

3.We live in a state that has always had to grapple with illegal immigration issues. As you know, unlawful entry, especially through southern state borders, is going to be one of the key issues for 2020 elections. Many people believe that the immigration crisis, if we can characterize the current immigration events down in the south as such, may cost Donald Trump a re-election. Picture yourself as one of his advisors and make some suggestions so he can win the public vote. You can offer his opponent a series of recommendations so he defeats Trump on the immigration issue.

4. When asked about success in college, some students make impressive claims about their unwavering determination and tenacity to face all the impediments head on. Rarely do they pause, though, to reflect on the not-so-visible hurdles they must overcome. Meeting college expenses, studying long hours, and joggling between work and school are the familiar ones. There are, however, some circumstances, decisions, course of actions, which, though not usually considered as "obstacles, " constantly test a student's resolve. Take, for instance, the self-discipline needed for attending classes regularly and on time or the stamina to sit through classes that may be, if not totally boring, the least engaging. Working diligently beyond one's own narrow definition of "working hard"; resisting the temptation to skip classes for flimsy reasons; plagiarizing unashamedly and falsely calling it "research," hiding in one's cozy, safe comfort zone during class discussions and letting others take the burden; maintaining an attitude of "get it done and over with," rather than doing a decent job; and, most importantly, clinging to the old habit of seeking fun, fun, and more fun as college were an amusement center. Which one of these or other stumbling blocks have you had to deal with in college? No lecturing or big, hollow statements, such as " College is absolutely necessary these days, or education is cornerstone of modern society, etc....," Tell us about the setbacks, hardships, obstacles you have been trying to overcome.