Because most people live in the present and go with the flow. They don't care about the future until it is happening.
Ok well it all depends on your rep. Like if it's good and your popular football player cheerleader etc. I can get into a good college so it does matter but it all depends on you and how you want it 2 be even adults have reps.
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.