Do you think studying history is meaningless?

Question

Why or why not? :)

Answer 1

Anyone who speaks English (for example) is using words which have both meaning and history.

All languages have evolved over a very long period of time; English is especially rich in the influences of its past - it includes Anglo-Saxon (originally a North German dialect), Celtic, Gaelic, Anglo-Norman French, Greek, Latin, Dutch, Spanish, modern German and modern French elements.

It is history which has moulded our language into what it is today - and it's exactly the same for our clothing, our houses, our money, our schools, our transport, the way we write . . . in fact everything in our lives has a history. The value in things (like language) is in the rich and complex history they have.

History defines why we are the way we are today and none of us can escape that fact; that's what makes it important, valuable and meaningful.

Answer 2

No, I think the opposite.

I think not studying History is meaningless. I can easily answer why I think not studying it is meaningless by referring to the questions and the answers that are asked and answered here on a daily basis in the Y!A.

I think studying History is meaningful, and very helpful when it comes to learning critical thinking. Those who treat History as a Trivia question truly reduce learning to the meaningless.

Answer 3

'Studying' history probably is meaningless.

But try investigating history, that is both interesting and intriguing as you find out how and why things did or did not happen.

The secrets of our future are locked up in the mysteries of our past, so go see what you can find out about what is likely to be happening around you, as your life story unfolds before you.

Answer 4

Only if you don't really care where you and your parents came from and you have no real interest in knowing why the world around you is the way it is. Some people truly do not care about these things - in which case history is probably just something you have to get through in school to achieve whatever educational goals you may have.

Answer 5

History is a very powerful word and meaning. Its not meaning less don't stop studying. History can give you general knowledge and it might even get you a good job. Well just discuss this topic with your parents and ask them they will know more.

Answer 6

History is one of the most useful things a person can study.

Why? History holds all of the answers as to why we are what we are today. This applies to us individually, as a member of a larger society and to the whole world. Without history we cannot ever understand ourselves or our place in the world.

Answer 7

Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Winston Churchill and John Kennedy were all historians. They found studying history very useful and meaningful in their professional lives. If you want to be a statesman study history. If you just want to be a politician it doesn't matter.

Answer 8

Meaningless? this is what our future is built on, our past. We cannot have a future without knowing what out past was like, we cannot know what our past was like without having history.

Answer 9

Yeah, I think soooo much like that. While back on my school days. I really hate History. I said to myself, - "Who would want to know about some old stories who already passed by?"

I would like it if history is done like what the japanese done - Manga/Anime Samurai X. Cause I hate to read pointless thing and rather 'watching them'. But sometimes, it felt good to read a time or two. (Seldoms. Hahahahaha)

Answer 10

Studying history can be dangerous if the presentation is false or biased (i.e., read any history of a country written by a Marxist).

One must first develop critical thinking abilities before one delves into history.