If I only took a few classes at a Community college, can I still go straight to a 4 year university if I've been out of school for a while?

Yes. You can apply to any you want, regardless of what you've done in the past.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.