You can use an external USB wired or wireless mouse with out disabling the touch pad. To change the touch pad settings go to desk top, click control panel, click hardware and sound, click mouse under devises and printer, and change or adjust settings or enable or disable etc.
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.