What I can say about war.
I think I'm a realist at heart.
Our peace live without war only 60 years.
Each country have their interests.
Someone have small, they want tranquility and just live well.
Someone have a big interest they want more power in the world and that all were afraid of them.
I think fight will be constant. maybe if we will have only onle country in the world we will good live)) Now we have decentralization.
America now uses very aggressive sanctions.
And soon Russian will not sell her oil for dollars.
Then world economy will explodes.
And again, the world will change greatly.
It is sounds terrible that you started work from 14 years.
I read that in USA students often pay themselves their studies in university.
Students take a credit for it.
And that you have very few grants...
In my country I can say that we may easy to win a grant.