Tuesday, November 25, 2008
History
Yesterday in class we discussed the possibility of our past history making who we are today, and the more I thought about it, the more I agreed with this statement. Just think about it this way, without our past, we would be a totally different country. The Brittish still might be ruling us and we might not have our freedoms. We would not be outspoken or standing up for those who can't stand up for themselves. We know what it is like to be bullied, as a country, we have been there. So I fully think that without our history, we would be the same people today. I also think this of our personal history. I know if I had not gone through certain occurrences in my life, I would not be the girl I am today. I'm not quite sure if I would agree with the other quote that we discussed about the dead languages being a barrier to progress. I think that these two quotes are linked. The dead languages are apart of our history, and they would not have lead to newer languages. I don't think you need to lose your language to lose your history. Some of it might be forgotten, but everyone loses memories of their past as well.
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i definitely agree with your comment marshall! our past help to define who we are. the type of person we've become. even if we've done things we regret or are not proud of, those things change who we are because we change who we are because of them. we no longer do whatever those things are. the same can be said about things we're proud of doing as well.
very good point about the whole britain thing. we'd be a completely different country
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