Are we history?, self-explanitory |
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Are we history?, self-explanitory |
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![]() Day's Nearly Over ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,553 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 45,183 ![]() |
This question was raised in History class today.
Are we history? If yes, then why? If no, then why not? |
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![]() eeny meeny miny mo ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 60 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 42,008 ![]() |
History can be applied in a wide variety of ways. If we are talking about the history of the world and what will actually show up in the school books some might argue that we are not history b.c none of our specific names or events of our lives may be there. Personally I believe that we are history. What we do with our lives will impact others and history itself. Think about statistics and how they are recorded. They do polls for a variety of reasons [ex. teen pregnancy, drug use, drop out rate, etc.] They may not list each person's name, BUT the answers they provide definitely add to the bigger picture. Kind of like a domino effect. It starts out with small numbres that turn into a huge statistic that can represent a time period or specific place... and those statistics include everyday people.
You can also apply history towards one persons life... And I'm not talking like Dr. Martin Luther King or Eleanor Roosevelt... For instance, the events that take place in my life may never reach a history book... but that doesn't mean that they don't have an effect or a record like the history of our world. Simply put all history is... is a recording of an event... whether or not it becomes public or well known makes no difference. How it impacts you personally is another thing. So are we history... yes we are. Did that make sense? I hope it did. |
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