When we learn about certain subjects, we start from learning the history the field of the study has gone through, including almost all the subjects, from linguistics to science. This is because learning about the past is crucial for people regardless of which century they are living in. The rationale behind this is that people can have deeper understanding about the present age, and can utilize it to make wiser decision.
To begin with, learning about the past can help people to have better understanding about nowadays. When considering the health condition of the tree, a person should consider about the conditions of the root before looking at the conditions of a trunk, for the root has a critical role in the tree. Likewise, to have profound understanding about the present phenomena, it will be desirable for people to have knowledge about the past. This is becuase the present days are based on the past. For example, Koreans are famous for their passion toward education, and their fast temper. These typical characteristics of Koreans cannot be fully understood by just studying the present conditions of the Korean society. However, a person would know the orgin and reason of these behavior by studying their history, that their ardent behavior toward education rooted from Confucius culture that lasted for hundreds of years in Josun dynasty. In addition, the hot temper came from their painful history of experiencing many wars and colonial period. In this respect, learning about the past can benefit people's better understanding in the modern days.
Furthermore, people can bring forth better results by learning lessons from the past. That is, by learning the mistakes the ancestors have made and the following results, people in these days can prevent themselves from doing the same faulty actions. To exemplify, Japan was able to successfully modernize their country in a much faster speed than the western countries for they studied about the history and the past of the western countries. By studying them, Japan was able to learn what the shortcomings of the policies the western countries were, and invented their own methods to evade resulting in bad consequences, but to gain success. As a result, Japan is the leading country in Asia. As this example shows, learning lessons from the past help people to learn trials and errors before actually putting their own action into practice, and prepare for the possible bad result. Thus, these lessons will help people to meet better future.
In light of all these circumstances, being educated about the past is invaluable for people. Learning about the past can benefit people to have thorough comprehension in a world where they are currently living in, and obtain lessons from it to make better decision.
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