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Some people say that history courses should not be excluded in education courses. However, in my opinion, students don't necessarily have to take history courses. This is because history is out of use in real life and students should focus on what they want to learn. To begin with, history does not have practical value. In our daily life, we are closely connected to social issues, science technologies, somewhat computing power and language skills but not to historical thinking. For example, I learned many parts of histories throughout the world like Western history, Chinese history, Japanese history, and especially Korean history. Unfortunately, I tested these histories as one of my College Scholastic Ability Test courses. But after this big exam, I've never met only one of topics in history courses. It doesn't required in daily life. I feel that my effort devoted to the history courses isn't worth as much as I try. One top of that, students should pay all their attention to what they want to learn. Forced learning is not effective way to learn. It reduces interest in the forced courses and even causes resistance to the subjects. For example, In my college grades, there are striking disparities between courses I like and those I don't like. I had to learn some courses because they were required. Finally, I got bad grades in the required courses and I disliked the related fields. If I had have not to take the courses, I could have spent lots of time studying what I want to learn. I am sure I would have moved up more in the field where I have potential to do better. In short, we do not need historical knowledge in daily life as much as we have to take the courses. And it is clear that the stress of some specific courses results in decline of interest. For these reasons, students do not need to take history courses. |