Knowing about the past cannot help people to make important decisions today.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.
People often wonder why they need to study history. They feel that there is hardly any advantage that knowing about the people in the past and the dates of events can produce. It is indeed surprising that people fail to look at the broader perspective that the study of history entail. It seems that the issue at hand suffers from the same myopia. While it is true that we cannot rely upon the past events for every important decision that is to be taken, it would be erroneous to ignore the past completely.
It is a famous saying that history repeats itself. This apparently surprising sta...
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