Many vet schools are competitive and may have a waiting list. But you really need to weigh your options and what works best for you.
If you have the intelligence etc needed to be a vet ,you will not be satisfied being an ECE teacher.
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.