Advice on writing Issue of importance for UT for a math graduate

Here is the promt:

Choose an issue of importance to you - the issue could be personal, school related, local, political, or international in scope - and write an essay in which you explain the significance of that issue to yourself, your family, your community, or your generation.

I don't know what I should write about and I need your advice...

I am a math major and I want to earn a bachelor's degree so I can teach remedial math. I was told that I should write about developmental math education for this essay, but I am having a hard time getting excited about any particular "issue" pertaining to developmental math.

Should I take that advice anyway? Is that what the admissions people want to see? Or should I write about something that is significant to me, even if it has nothing to do with development education?

Thank you :)

I think you should write about something that is significant to you. Even if it doesn't have anything to do with development education, it will show a different part of your personality to the admissions committee. For example, if I were you I would write about an environmental issue since the environment is something significant to me.

I would also suggest looking back at your extra curricular activities - any clubs you participated in, jobs, sports etc? Maybe there is an issue there that is of significance to you

Well... issue of importance can be an issue (rather a problem) that you think is important. I give some examples for each category for you to understand this prompt better;

personal - parents divorce/ financial constraints
school related - study pressure/ bullying
local- transportation issues in your city/ language barriers
political - racial discremination / communal disputes in your country/ religious conflicts in your country
international - pollution/ global warming/ terrorism

You can get an idea for this topic if you read others' essays posted on similar topics here :)