Some people believe that we cannot learn anything from the past for our life today, while others believe that history is a valuable source of information to understand human's life. Discuss both views and give your opinion. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

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Between the former and present times, many changes have occurred. But should
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mean that
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cannot benefit from the past as the current
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is not related to it? Whilst some people think of
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great gap as a big obstacle, others believe that both times are connected when it comes to
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lives. On the
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hand, many argue that as we move forward in time,
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varies significantly to the extent that
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cannot learn
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from the previous moments to improve the current living.
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justification may be that the way of living is enormously different
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the various mindsets we have
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nowadays; more freedom
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that the society was deprived
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before.
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,
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education and work for women
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been a
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refused topic formerly, about zero per cent
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would have the opportunity to experience any
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other than the
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amongst the walls of
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parents' or
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husband's house.
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other obvious example, the widespread racism between black and white, when populations were evaluating each other meaninglessly
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the degree of
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whiteness
your skin is. For these reasons, some have the viewpoint that we have overcome the
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of the past and as it was only a miserable
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, it will not help us in our current
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.
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, others argue that even with massive variations between both intervals, it remains that we are all
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human beings. We share the same basic needs and our preliminary ways of thinking are similar. Fresh magnificent technologies shall not help you during seeking
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survivals
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at critical moments,
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,
sitiuations
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situations
like drowning and how to remain as long
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as
possible or how to ask for help at
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times. The catastrophic effects of wars
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for both
countries, regardless
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one
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won, are only shown from the ones that already happened to prove to us that war comes in no
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positive
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, I am convinced that
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history is essential for everyone and we can learn much from it. To put it
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, living without having any clue of the past is like a baby depending on his mere memory, which is null. In conclusion, as time passes, mostly everything changes
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it seems as if the two time periods; the past and present, have never been on the same planet. But despite these major differences we are surrounded by, shall
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mean that we cannot learn anything from the ones or the
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events which
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I believe that we ought to learn from the past to build a better constructive future.
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