History has been taught in schools since the invention of school itself.

For some, history is a vague concept that covers everything that has happened. This leads some to debate whether it should be taught in schools or if history classes are a big waste of time.

In ancient Greek and Roman society, those in charge believed it was important to teach students history. Ancient Greek and Roman school systems most likely looked different than our modern schools, those who received education were in the higher echelons of society. Having different levels of hierarchy in education is a concept that is still with us today as students learn history and are required for things like graduation and college. Modern students are often left wondering why they are forced to take such a rigorous class instead of more practical skills that could help them with their everyday lives.

The nature of history is present even outside of school, many people hear stories involving the past being your family and ancestry or even religion. Knowing your history can bring a sense of belonging to something bigger than yourself with people who share things in common with you, and the history of your people.

Also, civic awareness in history can give context to why things are happening today, citizenship, and participation in government. But history is one of those things you know it or you don’t and your opinion on what happened isn’t right or wrong but overall just learning information and critically thinking about it to form an opinion from that action against why it could have happened.

Not only is it good on a personal level but when you talk with peers about this while learning it you gain social skills and you can learn to respect others’ opinions on topics, being a well-rounded gain from simply gaining knowledge on history.

In contrast, some wouldn’t believe learning some history is relevant or in some cases unbeneficial. From a reasonable standpoint, was there one instance in which you were asked a question involving ancient history other than school that is posed to be beneficial to know that information learned in a history class?

Therefore some would suspect some or the majority of things don’t benefit them outside of school and haven’t helped financially or socially for many that don’t have a career involving history. Another thing is how credible the information being told in history classes is. Not only is the credibility of the info questionable, but the bias of the information could be biased and only give the perspective that positively gives an outlook on the government.

To conclude it could be more beneficial to teach things that will help students after graduation and help them be more successful as a result.