2006-09-11 14:45:47 · 17 answers · asked by t c 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
if every generation forgets.
2006-09-11 14:48:24 · update #1
Because some people, who do not forget, continue on to remind those that do. I'm certain it's the only reason we haven't totally annihilated the human race yet.
Learn your history. Even if you don't use your knowledge, you might use it for someone else's benefit in the future.
2006-09-11 14:53:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The point of history class is to point out what has been tried, what our ancestors thought, and how different groups act. Remember that history is also written by the winners and often over looks the loser's point of view. In the past 50 years there has been a movement to rewrite the history of the US in the eyes of a certain group.
Remember that they who do not know history and learn from it are bound to repeat it.
2006-09-11 21:52:01 · answer #2 · answered by andy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To learn about things that happened in the past and so you don't repeat the same mistakes committed by others and to learn where you and your culture came from for starters. Aren't you just a little curious to know how things evolved from the caveman times to the modern era?
2006-09-11 21:49:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To learn about the past. It's an extraordinary thing to learn about things that have happened in the past and try to figure out how those acts and occurrences have effected where we are today. Also, you can learn from the past and I think it is vital to know where you came from, how your country came to be, the travesties that have happened in the past, and most of all, the tribute it pays to the past when we pay think about it and discuss it.
2006-09-11 21:50:59 · answer #4 · answered by Paley Pale 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we learn history so that we learn from our mistakes and our achievements. By learning history, we make sure that we don't repeat our mistakes again, and copy or emulate the achievement we garnered before
2006-09-11 21:47:52 · answer #5 · answered by koolkat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hopefully if you understand history, you will not repeat the same mistakes. Unfortunately, Americans do not learn enough about world history, and make mistake after mistake in the world forum.
2006-09-11 21:49:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
History often repeats its self. We need to know what can happen.
2006-09-11 21:48:09 · answer #7 · answered by ienjoydrawingflowers 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
to know who assholes people were in the past
and yah
to know how did the world develop over the years and try to achieve some ideas to develop your world
2006-09-11 21:52:20 · answer #8 · answered by sun_shine 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to teach people not to make the same mistakes, unfortunately we have liberals who want us to forget about all that .
2006-09-11 21:48:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
well i thought it was to learn history, but after reading half the responces I read from here, i see we failed something big
2006-09-11 21:50:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋