You can get the education discount and best buy as well as the apple store. Best Buys warranties are typically cheaper if I remember correctly and are handled by the same certified techs. Plus, once the warranty is about to run out you can "accidentally" drop it from a 3rd story window and get store credit to buy a new one.
Neither will help you save, your best bet is to purchase is from amazon, you will get the best deal for your purchase of mac.
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.