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Learning about the past has no value for those of us living in the present. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

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The value of studying the past is a debatable topic. People argue that studying about historical events does not have any usage for people of the present. I think that it is not fully correct.
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 essay will focus on the causes for studying the past and its outcome. Some people believe that learning historical events and historical evidences are a waste of time. They think that the past needn'
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 be studied in today's world. The reasons for it could be many
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 one being the tampering of historical events. People are led to confusion by the present day politicians
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 who try to change history. The current politicians try to portray historic heroes to be bad people, while displaying the bad ones of the past as heroes. So people are no more interested in learning the past. Other reasons could be that people in their busy and stressed out schedules, don'
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 have the time to understand the sacrifices of the people of the past.
For example
, a colleague of mine used to tell me that she thinks people who lived in the past weren'
t
 stressed about their earnings, they didn'
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 have to worry about their house rents and kids' education. So they were able to take part in wars and freedom fighting episodes
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 But if they were born in
this
 era, they would not have participated in
such
 events, and so according to her it is a total waste of time studying about them
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However
, a majority of the people believe that the people of the past have laid the foundation for our
living
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The comfortable life that we live today is the result of the tremendous bravery shown by most historical figures. They too think, that educating young minds about the past, will develop the confidence and strength to overcome a lot of the problems that might come in their way. Learning how history has changed the past will make us appreciate the blessings of the present
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 In conclusion, The past teaches us both good and bad
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 values and ethics. I am almost not convinced that to study about history is useless for the current day people, except in some cases. I believe that
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 we should learn and take the positive events from the past and leave the negative ones. Learning the bad will only corrupt our minds
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