As of previous semesters, history was only stories of the past, many people that died doing something remarkable, remembering dates of events, names of people, their influence, significance, contribution to society and to history that had happen years ago. Many people say that what already happen is in the past, and it does not matter anymore. But, in my own experience, being involved in history courses had help to broad my knowledge as well as o my understanding of the events that are happening on these present days. In another words, to understand where I am going I have o learn where I come from. To have a better meaning and knowledge of reasons why people around the world might love or hate each other. To understand the real reason of the many religions and beliefs, political systems, and differences amongst all cultures.
Having taken history courses had help me to learn the influence of many other events around the world over what the current life is. to understand how the political views of different nations diverge from one another based on their past. The conflicts in Middle East, reasons of WW1 and WW2, and how delicate can be to release a document such as a declaration or, in the case of Middle East events, White papers, Agreements, and reformations such as Tanzimat.
The key of the future is in the past, something that i learn in Geology class. This phrase was used a lot by my Geology professor in WCC. Nevertheless, I never thought that phrase could apply to something else, other than rocks.
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I agree with your quote "the key of the future is in the past" because I believe that if we do not reflect on the past we are doomed to relive it in the future. I also enjoyed this class because we do not isolate a specific region and were given the opportunity to see how a majority of the events discussed were intertwined.
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