Maybe tell your dad you'll pass for now - but might need to call a $$$ favor later.
You can still use the desktop, But I would recommend also getting A laptop In case your on the go and need to finish school work. You can take the laptop with you anywhere. And usually when computers get old they get slower and maybe even crash.
So even If the desktop crashes you will still have your laptop:) U don't have to take my advice but this is what I would do;D Hope I helped! :P.
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.