History Belongs to All of Us
2014-04-13
Photo by Candy 2013
We hear sometimes about history being rewritten. Maybe someone comes along that doesn't agree with some official version, gets some other people to agree, writes a different version of it, and voila, history is rewritten. Now, many people might read the new version, and believe that it is what really happened in the past. The best way to really know what happened, if we were not there, is to read, read, read, and get as many perspectives as possible on what might or might not have happened in any given situation.
History can be pretty boring, right? But if you think about it, what happens to you, personally, and to your friends and family is interesting. So keep track of what happens, maybe keep a journal about how things that happen affect or have affected you. It is a good way to keep track of events in your own life and contribute to the history of the world, using your own voice.
Photo by Candy 2014
An excellent post, it's important to read views on history that you might personally disagree with in order to gain another person's perspective. What people see as being history, whether or not it actually happened, is just as important as learning the facts themselves. Especially in China, history is a powerful tool in politics, education and in daily life.
We are living our children's history. Our children witness history in the making. All too often that is forgotten. Thank you.
Human societies are doomed to repeat the mistakes of history, because all too often history is a political construct, which dooms us to repeat the same mistakes over and over again.
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