Studying History

Studying History There are countless reasons for studying history. People always say, “History is important so that we do not repeat the mistakes of our past,” but there is much to history than just learning from our mistakes. As The History Guide talks about, it comes down to history defines your identity. It is who you are because everything you do, everything you learn, and everything you want to be has to do with something you experienced in the past. If you like sports it’s probably because you’ve someone do them and you saw something in them that you wanted to experience. One reason for studying history, in which not many believe but I see it as a true event, is because at times one can see what the future may be like. It sort of predicts what that near future may be like when the result of a situation is short term. For example, knowing that when someone wins the lottery is going to have new houses, cars, expensive clothes, and maybe even protection comes from you knowing your history about what happens when someone wins the lottery. It may seem like an obvious occurrence but because of history one is able to predict what that person or family may do when they win the lottery. Of course history won’t tell what the future may hold because not every situation has the exact same circumstances at the exact same place in the exact same time, but at least one can make a pretty good assumption at what may happen next. Another one it is because history also defines your identity. Everyone and everything cannot help but have a past. We all have origins we come from that sort of guide us to the people we become. For instance, I am of Hispanic origin, therefore I will be used to Quinceanera parties, eating tacos, etc. but someone from a different culture won’t have the slightest idea of what that even is. It is a beautiful thing to learn where your roots come from and see what life your ancestors went through, whether they experienced the a bad era like the