There are some people who think learning history is irrelevant to our modern world. But, knowing the past makes us to avoid the same mistakes. On the other hand, if our children aren’t taught history, they won’t have any empathy how our society has been through.
Firstly, the main purpose of studying history is not only things that already happened before, but also how should we address those things in the present. This makes the horrific incidents remembered and not been done again. For example, German schools teach their kids to fully understand what their ancestors have done during the holocaust and then, those children regret for those who lost their lives and always be the frontliner in opposing violence. This is one of the example that history can make us more peaceful. And because of this measure, the world has lesser conflicts than ever before.
Secondly, the consequences of not learning the past are varied, but the most concerning issue is lack of empathy to our ancestors. These days, some children don’t even know when is the national day or who is our national hero. The worst of all is some people ignore the dark past, for instance, most of the Japanese can’t recognize what their soldiers conducted the mass killing of Nanking. This is the result from inadequate contents of history in Japanese classrooms. We don’t want to make the same scar, so we need to remember the scar.
In summary, history is the tool to prevent the bad things occurred in the past to come out again in the future. Our children must be emphasized on how our civilization has gone through many events, both good and bad. So, the teaching of this subject is always relevant in today’s world.
There are
some
people
who
think
learning
history
is irrelevant to our modern world.
But
, knowing the
past
makes
us to avoid the same mistakes.
On the other hand
, if our
children
aren’t taught
history
, they won’t have any empathy how our society has been through.
Firstly
, the main purpose of studying
history
is not
only
things that already happened
before
,
but
also
how should we address those things in the present. This
makes
the horrific incidents remembered and not
been done
again.
For example
, German schools teach their kids to
fully
understand what their ancestors have done during the holocaust and then, those
children
regret for those who lost their
lives
and always be the
frontliner
in opposing violence. This is one of the example that
history
can
make
us more peaceful. And
because of this
measure, the world has lesser conflicts than ever
before
.
Secondly
, the consequences of not learning the
past
are varied
,
but
the most concerning issue is lack of empathy to our ancestors. These days,
some
children
don’t even know when is the national day or who is our national hero. The worst of all is
some
people
ignore
the dark
past
,
for instance
, most of the Japanese can’t recognize what their soldiers conducted the mass killing of
Nanking
. This is the result from inadequate contents of
history
in Japanese classrooms. We don’t want to
make
the same scar,
so
we need to remember the scar.
In summary,
history
is the tool to
prevent
the
bad
things occurred in the
past
to
come
out again in the future. Our
children
must
be emphasized
on how our civilization has gone through
many
events
, both
good
and
bad
.
So
, the teaching of this subject is always relevant in
today
’s world.