Should
students be required to learn history?
As history exerts tremendous impacts on
students, I strongly agree with the regulation issued by the local government
that students should be required to take the history courses, which in response
to some views of removing history from schools’ curriculum.
It is commonly acknowledged that an
understanding of the past is fundamental to an understanding of the present.
The analysis and interpretation of history provide an essential context for
evaluating contemporary institutions, politics, and cultures. Every subject,
virtually, has a history and can be analyzed in historical perspective. Students,
only having received history education, could be endowed with deeper understandings
of reality, which, however, to some degree often confused them so that they are
always put in a dilemma to facing with choices. History, which written by vivid
facts, precious experience and bitter lessons, is a clear mirror for youngsters
to examine themselves in contrast with their forefathers, and then more
brilliant thoughts or inventions might emerge, which would advance our society.
Students studying MBA in world famous business colleges, for instance, often
take courses by exemplify cases of the history of such successful cooperation
as Ford or Dell in order to lead youngsters to direct on a right way in their
business fields.
History also provides unique insight into
human nature and human civilization so that students would acquire abilities of
solving complicated problems with detachment and thorough consideration. As
students evaluate one historical figure, they are required to put the figure in
the historical context and asset him or her without personal bias or
preference, the means, which, in the same way would be applied in current
situations, no matter when judging an individual or adopting a new method.
In addition, history displays a broad and
fantastic world for youngsters to explore as history reflects various cultures,
including arts, music, literature, as well as economy. Modern and all-round
students can not be stuffed only with mathematics and biology. Learning history
would be a golden opportunity for students to get a touch with all these
essential parts that have come down through generations. The ensuing result is
that their interests would be aroused so that they could pour more energy in learning
to refine them.
In conclusion, taking history courses is
such an optimal decision that students only spend one or two hours a week to
experience the beauty or the most grief of the past which would contribute
considerably to their future life.
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