I wrote this today and I still need to adjust some shit or flip some shit around but I’m just going to post it because I really do want to use my writing and life experience to share valuable knowledge about important shit in life.
This is for my upcoming history course starting on the 13th this hw assignment isn’t due until the 16th but I’m just getting a head start and I’m not sure if I’m using this material for the discussion (600words) or my Introductory short writing assignment (1-2pgs) I will probably pull from this to write my discussion wt citations to Peter Stearn’s Why Study History
History is the key to self discovery. Discovery of your past and present. Providing you the ability to predict or alter your future for the greater good of a global human society. Because of this grandiose responsibility, it’s sadly far too often: falsified, destroyed, or altered. Studying history is the pulling of a thread in the search of the truth. The attempt to grasp this truth before it’s too late. It is a race against: time, weather, thieves, or destruction. Historians must work quickly, carefully, and accurately. Tracing their historical journey in the form of footnotes. In doing so they allow other historians the opportunity to assess the same information. These shared assessments allow for confirmation or contradictions. A confirmation may stipulate that questions have been answered; while contradictions urge the insistence of further examination. An encouragement for more research. The desire for knowledge. I was drawn to history because I wanted learn more about myself and the world around me. I attended public school in a small agricultural town in Calfornia. Orosi, CA is a primarily low income community. Meaning from a young age until my graduation at the age of seventeen I was at an educational disadvantage. I was never able to take an art course. Nor was I introduced to courses that enlightened me on my Mexican-American cultural background. The history I was given was filled with too many gaps. It wasn’t until college that I was able to take Chicano Studies, Ethnic Studies, and Mexican-American history courses. Equally as impactful towards my educational path is Sociology. These courses displayed vast arrays of inequalities that plague humanity. Specifically towards People of Color. These courses shed light on the heros who fought to challenge those gaps. Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, Frida Kahlo, Angela Davis, Diego Rivera, Mamie Till-Mobley , Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Black Panther Party, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Sally Rand, and so many more leaders who marked society with their passion. History entrances you with it’s harsh truths but provides tools for society to make the right decision. Your research provides you the information needed to make educated decisions about your present, and future. It’s all about the questions you ask, and the methods you use to discover the truth. Question everything, cite everything, and accurately display your conclusion.