Are you good in History?

I used to hate history subject when I was secondary school. But as I am getting older, my interest towards history grows as well. Because it's the only way we know about the past and learn our lessons from our ancestors. If a person is good in history, he will be having the accumulated experience and wisdom passed down from our forefathers. We will learned from their mistakes as well and won't repeat it. I am sad that history are learned in wrong way most of the time in school. My father bought me books on world and China history. It triggered me the interest on history. But unfortunately I was not so interested in the local history in the school text book. Besides, I really hate the politicians who manipulate the history fact in the text books. One of the epic example is the Japanese government modified the Nanking massacre and world war two fact. It's so disgusting.

I am very annoyed by the act of Japanese government modifying the school text book. How could they do such a thing, and think that they could just cover up the fact and hide it from their descendents? It's not only disgusting, but it's also foolish. Later on, the rest of the world will be aware of the real history, but only their young generation do not know about it and never learned their lesson. Thanks again for re-activating my old discussions and have a nice day my friend.

Yeah, it is not right for the government to modify the history as not to let the young generation of its own country know the truth of the facts of the massacre that took place in our country, especially the one in Nanjing. It is a great lesson for people and I just hope that people all over the world love peace without any wars from happening again. Thanks for your response.

I took history a long, long time ago, and, Yes, I didn't like getting anything less than an "A" in any subject. To get an "A" in the other classes, it was really no Problem, especially in the Math and Science courses. These were my favorites and hardly ever studied for these, it all came naturally, in a way.

Great! I desire for 'A' as well during school time :) I was good in math & science subjects too, bcoz it does not require much memorizing and we can learn it through logical thinking and aritmathic calculation. But getting A in history was a bonus to me, because i does not like memorizing stuff.

Thanks for sharing your experience with history subject :) I suppose u get an 'A' finally right? Just treat it as a storybook, then you can get a good grade easily. This is my secret when i was studying it.

Don't worry, your hubby & sons could help you when u need to know about it LOL. In fact, history is about our past and how we are being our current self. So, it's a rememberance of the past and lesson from our forefathers. Thanks for your view of history :)

Great! Which part of history you are doing good in? I like chinese history most. But in school, we can only learn Malaysia history :( Thanks for your response.

Great! And you brought up a good and interesting point :) History is events or whatever happened in the past or already happened. History in more common sense is about more meaningful and significant occurance of events. Those you mentioned are mostly in smaller scale. But it's the date or 'history' to be remembered by you and meaningful to you. All in all, history is our past and tell us how and why we are being here. And lastly, the most important of all, it is for us to learn the lesson! Thanks for your respons :D

Good to know that! I am an enthusianist of Chinese history. It's full of historical and educational value. We could learn so many wisdom from the ancient wise man. I think if the leaders in the world had learned through the Chinese history, they will be able to learn the lesson happened in the past and at least become smarter as compared to today. A lot of foolish act and war could be stopped. Thanks for the response!

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Thanks for your response!

Hmmm....i think you are good. Coz at least u r kinda interested & know the importance of knowing the past. It's true, we should know our root & the significance of our existence. Thanks for responding.

Chinese history is one of oldest and longest in the world. It could dated back to about 3000 bc, it had gone through many dynasties and there a lot moral and lesson we could learn and benefit from it. I had done some reading on chinese and was very much facinated, although it was not compulsory in my school subject. Thanks for your response!

Hmmm...envy you...coz i am not good in remembering dates. I tried my best, by using small piece of notes, daily refresh, memory item linkage, to remember all the dates. I only study local history and briefly on world history.

LOL me too, that's about 15 years back for me. I used to treat it as story book and that's why i can remember it better :) Thanks for your response.

Very well said and extremely true. There are too many abbreviated version of history in this world. I hated most about Japanese goverment effort in altering the history text book, attempting to cover their war crime motive in 2nd world war. Thanks for your response.

In fact, remembering the exact date & time is not so meaningful. I mean the exam system shouldn't stress on the memorizing all the details. What we should learn is the impact or implication of the history event. So that we know what happen & how it affect our in today. Besides, we should learn from history and don't repeat it. If George Bush know about history, then he won't be so blood lust as now.

Same Here. But i still have lot of interest on it. Especially regarding those unsolved mystery, ancient civilization & my own ancestors.

Thanks for replying.

Which part of the history do you like? You must be knowledgeable in certain portion since u get know about it since u were younger. Thanks for the reply.

It's not a problem at all. Everyone has his own strong point & weak point.

I think the approach to learn about the history should not be about just memorizing. I think the best approach is get to know what happened & why happened. How it is related to my way of life today. What is the impact on our civilization & technology level today. In fact memorizing just the date is making no sense & meaningless to me. History is actually fun & interesting. You should read it as story book. Then only you be interested. (just my point of view, hope you could get me :)

Me too. I am good at history (sometimes) & good a PC game (Mostly). Besides, i am a heavy PS2 player as well. :)