Not at all....I am a college professor. When you go to college you will find people of all sorts of ages at your school. The oldest student I have taught was around 53 and many have been in their 30s and 40s.
No one thinks it odd if you start school at 20, 30 or even 40! / We;come and enjoy learning. Community college is a great place to start.
Congratulations on your decision.
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.