Historically Speaking

[mtlawson]

My oldest asked me the other day why we study history.  I got up from my spot at the dining room table I use for work and went into the kitchen.  "Do you want the pithy quote or a deeper answer?" I replied, pulling out a glass and filling it with water.

She wanted the quote first.

"We study the past so we don't have to repeat it."

"Oh."
"Do you

Comments

[mtlawson]

Don't forget the G.I. Bill from World War II. It allowed a lot of people to get college degrees who would ordinarily have been unable to afford it.

[rowanda380]

you=good dad

[mtlawson]

Thanks, Aran!

[amusingmuse]

I never understand how people can't love history. Sure there's the boring memorization of dates, but then there's other stuff that's just fascinating.

For example just finished up "A Being So Gentle" about Rachel and Andrew Jackson which taught me things outside the "Andrew Jackson bad man for Trail of Tears" to omygosh, he had a Creek adopted son? Which leads to a great big "huh?". And wow, people talk about the 2001 election being stolen, wow, the 1824 one was a travesty. Which just goes to show some things never really change.

[mtlawson]

History is filled with complex stuff, that's for certain.