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It is often said that Learning about the past has no value for those of us living in the present. I agree wit the given statment for the two reasons. First, the past have always changed . Second, as time goes by, past knowlege is no longer important.
First of all, something we know about past is not always correct. Some people may say that learning about the past is really great. However, let me take an example to prove why now it is not necessary for people to learn about past. Many people have learned that the native American was defeated by the European's advanced weapons. However, this fact changes. Unlike many people's thinking, the American was not defeated by the European's advanced technique but by some kind of diseses that was carried by the European. Since the native American was familiar with shooting arrows and dealing with a lot of weapons, such as knife and dagger, it was impossible for the European who was really tired due to long travel to defeat the native American. Rather, the native American was vulnerable to diseases that was carried by the European because before the Europeans' arriving, the native American had isolated for a long time. Due to the disese, especially smallpox, strong worriors was defeated. This case shows that since history is not perfect and changes often, people do not learn about the past.
Besides, thanks to modern technique, it is no loger necessary for people to learn about the past. Some people may prefer to study the past. However, my personal experience show that why people do not have to learn about the past. When I was in middle school, I was really small and weak. As a soultion, I asked my grandmother to help me. She knew many knowleges that were from the long past. She said that eating kongnamul which is korean traditional food was good for growing up. However, even though I ate the food for quite sometime, it did not work well. Naturally, I quited the way and searched for the information on Internet and logged on to the websites. Surprisingly, there was a lot of information about growing, such as how to exercise, what kind of food is good for growing and so on. Fortunatley, by using the informationg, I could grow well and get much more stronger.
In conclusion, I strongly agree with the given statemet for the reasons that I have mentioned above.
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