This is a difficult topic for me because truthfully my perception on history has not been changed. I know that sounds sad and that being around all this history has not changed me.
I compare history to what we see on the news. If you've ever been personally involved even distantly on any event that is reported on the news, you've probably noticed that the details are slightly inaccurate. Maybe your local paper said you were a senior instead of a sophomore to report that you scored the game winning soccer goal. Even though many people will find out you're a sophomore when you don't graduate, there will still be many people who will continue to believe the false information. If your involved in something with more complex issues, such as the budget for the State of Ohio, you'll find out just how much the issues are narrowed down simply because an article on how all the services in the State would be affect would be so complex the newspaper would probably weigh 10 pounds.
People don't have their facts straight on issues that are happening today, just think about history, how much we speculate. We even seem to like to make wild guesses when we have no way of finding out if were right (like the drawing of how the ruins maybe, kind of, looked like back in Rome's hayday). I look at history just like I look at the news, with a grain of skeptism and the realization that a trail of money, personal relationships, and other factors may remain permantely hidden. They say that we need to learn history or else we are doomed to repeat it. I agree that you need to understand history to understand why society is the way it is, but I think we may be doomed to repeat it anyway.
I appreciate the opportunity to see these amazing structures and to learn more about a time in history I am less aware than the American Revolution. However, I think it is unlikely that my general opinion on history will change. I may just know more of it than before.
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Ouch! You may have saw this comment coming when you wrote this particular post…or maybe not. As a history major this hits deep haha. Yes, smoke and mirrors and especially speculation are involved in History yet where aren’t they involved? Also, what is so bad about having to analyze and interpret events that may not always be as they seem? This trait seems to me a pretty fitting one to have in the practice of law, such as digging into the past and finding details that most may have overlooked. Thoughts, ideas, and events from the past are absolutely crucial when one wants to better their future. I’d enjoy a debate on history’s significance anytime haha, Ciao.
RispondiEliminaI agree that people never know exactly what the truth is about history. When I think about history, I always wonder if that was the truth or not. Everything could just be made up or just one big lie. How will we ever know? We will probably never know if some of what we are learning is actually true. I have just decided to believe what can be proven and just listen to the things that can not be.
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