The main drawback of GUI builders is that they make it easy to do simple things and very difficult to do complicated things. It's the same as building a website with a real design tool vs. using a simple website builder like iWeb or FrontPage.
For learning design I think a visual GUI editor is fine. Design has nothing to do with what tools you use to create the design. If your goal is to learn how to create a pleasing user experience a visual editor might be very helpful.
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.