What is the value of history? Discussion Board
After reading all the seven points discussed by the HRC website, I found Identity and leadership are the two most significant points to me as well as to my family. This is because studying history aids one in understanding his past or the past in general, which is very necessary for understanding the present. There’s a famous quote that “history repeats its self,” this statement appears to be valid. To understand better the current changes in the world, then we need history and what has been happening in order to get the answer. Similarly, through history, we are able to have our definite Identity, for example, the values and behavior we hold so dearly may be as a result of our past family history or community. For instance, in this course, we have learned about American history and its associated historical events, including colonization, slavery, Cold war, industrialization, and many more to its present state as a democratic First World nation. Therefore, personally studying history has dramatically impacted my life, especially helping me understand change as I get to learn about past great triumphs as well as grave mistakes. Secondly, I was interested in leadership as one of the points discussed on the HRC website. This is because good leadership translates to the long-term success of a nation and its people. For example, it’s through past great leaders that migrant students can comfortably study and live in the USA. Therefore, by studying our past leaders, we are able to overcome various complexities of life either by reviewing what our forefathers did or by offering some advancement to them. Personally, I get my motivation and inspiration on my current and future career by reading history, especially on how great men and women brought about change. This is because, without such men and women, the world couldn’t be as it is today.
I posted the picture of a great American leader, Abraham Lincoln, who led the nation through the Civil War and managed to unite the disunited states and pushed for the freedom of all slaves. Only through history, we can learn about such leaders and imitate or improve some of their leadership traits to solve current leadership based problems.