If the Red Cross has a job opening and there are 50 applicants, the 25 applications that come from non-certified programs are going to be tossed in the trash. Employers just don't have time to interview all applicants, so any excuse to dump large numbers is used.
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.