Learning about the past has no value for those of us living in the present. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Some people think it is more important to focus on the present and future rather than holding onto the past. I do not agree with

this

statement. While there is a good reason to living in the present,

one

should not underestimate the influence history has to the present moment.

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essay will discuss two reasons for the importance of learning about

one

's past.

One

of the reason is to avoid making the same mistake twice. It is crucial for a person to learn about the past.

For example

, if a country has offended another country and caused conflicts by speaking or acting in a certain way, it will happen again if no

one

learned from it.

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could lead to wars between

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history from repeating itself. The other reason is that it makes us understand where we come from and how we have gotten toward where we are today. A person could gain a sense of self-identity and develop personal values from learning about the past.

This

is beneficial to

one

's mental health as they will be less likely to feel lost when making difficult decisions in life.

For instance

, I have learned from the past that freedom is a fundamental human right that someone else had already fought for us to have it today. It makes me value it a lot more and take it into consideration on every decision I make. To sum up, Even though focusing on the present is important, it is just as essential to learning about

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past. The past carries priceless lessons of other people's mistakes that we could learn from and by doing so we could make the right decision and not repeating the past mistake.