Write a prose composition on one of the following subjects:

(a) Fanatics

(b) Saving the planet

(c) Opening doors

(d) "History teaches us nothing"

(e) The music video - a new art form?

(f) There is too much emphasis on rights - not enough emphasis on responsibilities

(g) Youth - a time for optimism

(h) You have just been appointed Minister for Education and Science. Write out the speech you would make outlining the changes you wish to see brought about in education in Ireland.

from higher-level Leaving Cert English, paper 1