First off stfu with 'Folks' that word ticks me off!.. Yeah you can come back to College ;D.
Before you go to college, do some homework. Contact your state Department of Labor. Find out what jobs are hiring in your state.
Think about what jobs you are interested in, require as far as education. 10% of all jobs require a college degree. 60% of all jobs require a trade.
30% of all jobs require no degree or trade. Do not consider college as the only thing to do. In my state, I just saw a job that requires a trade, where the job is; working for the State, driving a truck in a designated "territory," ie.
3 counties, and you go around testing and certifying gasoline pumps, at $37.50 per hour! Damn, I know of a lot of 6-year college degrees that do not pay that much. But you had to be certified.
And the only school that taught it, was a long way from my house.
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.