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 example from your own knowledge and experience.

We, who live in the world today, need not know about past events.

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essay will disagree with the topic because knowledge about past events help us prevent

reoccurrence

happening again (especially at regular intervals)

recurrence

recurrences

and gives us insight on how to manage our present lives. An English saying has it that, " once beaten, twice shy". The events of the past

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every tendency to happen again, and learning about the past is needed to nip it in the bud, thereby, preventing a disaster from occurring.

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, scientific researchers made a prediction ten decades ago after the

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tornado in North America that a similar natural event

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occurred

in that location in the 20th century.

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knowledge prompted their building of strong iron casts which has so far prevented a repeat of

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earthquake in North America.

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, knowing past events gives us insight to happenings in the world today and helps us manage our interactions better. The things we

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have heard

in history has helped us to form valid opinions in our dealing with each other to ensure our own is protected.

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is demonstrated in the ethnic rivalry between the inhabitants of the northern and southern part of Nigeria which started in precolonial times with the former claiming that the

southerns

in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line

southern

came to dominate and displace them in their land.

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has led to several

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killings

of the Ibos living in the north, with the

later

referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several)

latter

presently opting to have their establishments within their domain. To conclude, I vehemently do not agree that seeking to know about the past has no value for people of

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day seeing that it arms us with the knowledge to live right now and in the future.