Your opinion, why are people uninterested in history?

Answer 1

I think the big reason that history has be come such an unpopular subject do to the fact that history books portray historical figures as heroes that are infallible and destine to do great things and not real people with real emotions and mistakes. If a history book comes out and it depicts an American historical figure in a bad light the book is considered un-American or controversial but I think the opposite is true it makes that figure more endearing and gives the student a sense that if a normal person is able to shape a country then they have that same chance to shape a movement. Then history becomes something to be cherished and studied so we can avoid mistakes of other people who have shaped history.

Answer 2

I must say that with 54 semester hours in history in university and a major including the periods of Medieval, Renaissance, and Reformation, that I am not disinterested in history. Just operate under this statement: "Those who fail to study the past are condemned to repeat it."

I think that the reason that most people do not like it is because high school history teachers are stupid and narrow minded. Mine, for instance, decided that all of American History could be broken down into an outline form - she just wrote the damned outline on the board and taught nothing. Gym coaches often teach history and they don't know it. Basically people who become teachers learn teaching methods, but have to take few real classes on the subject in comparison to what they have to take on teaching methods.

History is exciting and fun to read. There is a multi volume set, 11 or 12 volumes, entitled THE HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION which was written by Will and Ariel Durant. Each volume is about 700 pages long, but it is easy, enjoyable reading, with a bunch of side issues that make studying history fun.

Another problem is that many historians with narrow perspectives cannot relate anything that took place at a given time to other events that took place at the same time, so you end up with a myopic view of the period.

Answer 3

i think the reason why people are uninterested in history is the motive behind teaching history.
the public school system has an objective: to create good citizens. in order to do that the history taught in schools tends to be didactic, patriotic and often bias.
i agree with the answer above whom stated that from learning history, one can widen ones apprehension of human nature. though that can happen , in my opinion, only if one takes an active role in asking the questions and finding the answers. instead, people are taught a narrative that they need to learn by heart. history can not really be taught, it has to be learned.
history, in Greek means an investigation, and if your part in learning history isn't an active one, it is only natural to be uninterested

Answer 4

Probably because more people are interested in the future and what's going to come to them. Most think 'it's a waste since it happened in the past, and who cares now?' or 'What's the chance of it happening again when we have advanced as a human race?' Most people just don't care about the history of their family or country. It can be dull and there's no or barely hands on stuff while learning about it and it just takes too much memory skills.

Answer 5

A lot of people 'are' interested in History, it is just that because when they are reading it or even experiencing it it isn't like a story, not enough action or romance or whatever for their tastes so they tend to let themselves go in the History department. That also goes for anything else they do, if it doesn't appeal to them at the time, it has no relevance to them.

Answer 6

As is so often the case with such questions, the answer is not a simple one; otherwise it would be glaringly obvious. I think the current indifference towards history is rooted in a couple of things. First, it suffers from the same thing as most other 'academic' subjects; it has to compete with insipid distractions, such as tv, video games, skirt chasing (not to be confused with courtship) , etc. When people (especially in the USA) DO engage in academics, it is usually for stated 'practical' purposes. I wrote practical with quotes because I have noticed that when most people use the term regarding education, they really mean 'for profit purposes'. They confuse education with job training. They fail to realize the history is very practical, as it instructs us regarding human nature and regarding the cycles of civilization. This may be because educators have done a poor job of presenting history as an immensely practical, important discipline.

In short, people need to have their heads removed from their rears, which are lined with self-serving ethics, short attention spans and pop culture. Educators as a community need to do a better job of inspring their students.

Answer 7

I never liked it because I found it boring. I know, I know, we need to learn from history and all that jazz. But personally, I just never could pay attention. Im not saying there isnt valuable information, I just never liked it.

I did have one teacher once though that made it very interesting because he always put a psychological spin on it.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

because every person has different interests. some are interested in history and some arent. or some people will be interested in different areas.
if we all had the same interests we would be pretty boring people.

Answer 10

Usually I have found they had teachers that made them memorize a bunch of facts and not teach them how to use them.