Yes there is. Follow your dream. Its your life, not your moms.
I mean, do you seriously want to put your hands in the lived of other people, or practice basketball untill you get good and go to the NBA. Your choice. Either one is fine.
When I was your age I wanted to be a footballet but my mum wanted me to be a doctor you know what I did follow her advice and continue my dream. Now I'm 17 and im not that good to play for a team BUT I'm studying science at college which means I have my change to be a doc. So what I would say is be a hard worker and take more than 1 path in your life to chose the one you feel safe with when times come :).
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.