What is the point of History?

Posted by zagster on Jan. 15, 2007, 6:33 p.m.

I mean all you do is learn what had happened. I don't see much use of this or even why you would learn it. The only reason is that I'm going to be a teacher, be a historian, etc(basically jobs that use histroy). It's pointless for me and so I'm hating it. It's required so, I have to keep with it.

What I hate even more is that I have a test where I have to remember every country/state in Africa and their capita;l. (100+ easily) The way I see it, pointless use of memorization unless we want to learn geography. I'm hating this part of the test and that is the only thing I hate.

I mean we should have options of what we have to do for our careers. Plus I already know the basics of scripting so I can easily start learning C++. Tell me when I'm going to need to know where is Niger is from NIgeria in game making? Just about never.

So…. any ideas for memorizations? Yes, we have word banks to use because it would suck to memorize all 200+ names.

Comments

Kenon 17 years, 10 months ago

THose who don't know history are doomed to repeat it.

Alert Games 17 years, 10 months ago

^ nuff said

Cesar 17 years, 10 months ago

you forgot to quote Benjamin Franklin >_>

if you're retarded, what that means is if you don't know the past, the future will strike you with that

DesertFox 17 years, 10 months ago

What is the point of taking Calculus? Less than 1% of people need to use it on a regular basis in their adult lives, yet you have to take it in high school or college.

tylerthemiler 17 years, 10 months ago

"One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say."

Will Durant (1885 - 1981)

Theodore III 17 years, 10 months ago

^I agree

Fender 17 years, 10 months ago

Quote: Kenon
Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it.

Word for word what I was going to say when I noticed the title of this blog.

Jaythediv 17 years, 10 months ago

It's all part of training you up for pub quiz's.

"And the final question; What is the capital of Niger?"

See look, you'll be set :)

Anubis 208 17 years, 10 months ago

I agree with yo;u zagster. History is pointless to me unless its the history of gome design ( but even that is pretty pointless).