This last summer I had the privilege to reenact an important part of history - the pioneer journey west. Although the trek was somewhat difficult I had many great experiences. While pulling and pushing a handcart for 7 miles a day was difficult, surprisingly, the hardest part of trek for me was enduring the 12 hour long car rid back, because I had to ride in the deacon’s (12 year old young men’s) car, with them singing along to Taylor Swift. From my experiences I had, I learned that the things the pioneers faced can help us to overcome the challenges of our day. Ronald Regan has been quoted as saying: “I do not want to go back to the past; I want to go back to the past way of facing the future.”
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The system that ran so smoothly by means of the constitution under the guidance of benevolent conductor Presidents is now a rattletrap affair. The past is no highway to the present; it is a collection of issues and events that do not fit together and that lead in no single direction. The word “progress” has been replaced by the word “change”… History… is now a tangle of problems: race problems, urban problems, foreign-policy problems, problems of pollution, poverty, energy depletion, youthful rebellion, assassination, and drugs.” From this quote we can clearly see how much history books have changed. They no longer tell us about the events of the past – they now use the past make a point about the societal issues of modern times. Just as history books no longer teach us of the past, English books (like the Norton Reader) no longer teach us English - they now use English to refer to the societal problems of our day, and they show fascist one sided views as to how to respond to …show more content…
If anything new is discovered about past events, it should be added only as an annotation to the original content. History itself does not change, so why should the content of a history book change? If the authors only added new things to the books, students would likely do better in history classes. Students would also be more up to date on current events if they did not have to relearn past events. They would also be able to focus on history lessons better if the books did not change so often. If these changes were made students would do a lot better in
Our history is what defines our character, …show more content…
The system that ran so smoothly by means of the constitution under the guidance of benevolent conductor Presidents is now a rattletrap affair. The past is no highway to the present; it is a collection of issues and events that do not fit together and that lead in no single direction. The word “progress” has been replaced by the word “change”… History… is now a tangle of problems: race problems, urban problems, foreign-policy problems, problems of pollution, poverty, energy depletion, youthful rebellion, assassination, and drugs.” From this quote we can clearly see how much history books have changed. They no longer tell us about the events of the past – they now use the past make a point about the societal issues of modern times. Just as history books no longer teach us of the past, English books (like the Norton Reader) no longer teach us English - they now use English to refer to the societal problems of our day, and they show fascist one sided views as to how to respond to …show more content…
If anything new is discovered about past events, it should be added only as an annotation to the original content. History itself does not change, so why should the content of a history book change? If the authors only added new things to the books, students would likely do better in history classes. Students would also be more up to date on current events if they did not have to relearn past events. They would also be able to focus on history lessons better if the books did not change so often. If these changes were made students would do a lot better in