■ Direction Read the question below. You have 30 minutes to plan, write, and revise your essay. Typically, an effective response will contain a minimum of 300 words. ■ Question Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Use specific reason and examples to support your answer | |
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Learning about the past has no value for those of us living in the present. | |
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Many researchers have been interested in discovering events, artifacts or remnant of the past, which have brought many new ideas to people. Most people learn history of ancient times through their history books. Here, some people think that learning about the past has no value for us living in the present because they think new and innovative ideas are necessary in the continuously changing communities. On the other hand, others believe that they should learn the past. I strongly agree with the latter since people can deal with the present situation by researching the past and discovering the past enables them to understand more about themselves.
To begin with, through the data of the past, people can cope with the present problems. Events that occurred in the past can happen again in the present since the society has repetitive cycles. For example, IMF in 1997 hit the world and damaged most of the companies. Many employees lost their jobs due to the effect of IMF. In 2009, similar situation was about to happen; however, many experts struggled to prevent another IMF from happening. They knew how to deal with this problem since they have experienced once before. As a result, they could successfully stop IMF and the economy was stable again. Therefore, studying the past will stop the present depressing events that happened before.
Moreover, as researchers discover the origin or evolution of humans, it became easier for people to understand more about themselves. Particularly, archeologists are working to find out how humans have evolved and relationship with other animals. This would lead people to understand about themselves. They would recognize the superiority of humans to other organisms. As a result, they would realize how valuable a life is and appreciate every moment they live. Thus, people would have more knowledge about the evolution of humans, which can result to appreciation of their lives.
In conclusion, learning the past would have influence on our lives in the present. With the variety of experiences, people are able to avoid the damaging events with the studies of the past. Also, studying the past would evoke their sense of superiority, so they would have more understanding of their lives and appreciate them. Therefore, people’s lives in the present are fundamentally connected to the past. | |
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