Why do we have to learn history?

honestly. thats my worst subject. we don't need it in life.
unless your working at a dang nursing home. other than
that you dont go an apply for a job & the say ' when was
thomas jefferson president ?' I mean honestly. I wonder
who the fat man was that even invinted school. I dont
like school work. im a blonde. im a ditzy. I dont know
crap. & I know im stupid. im freaking homeschooled. &
im failing with d's & f's still. agh.sorry had to get that
of my chest. don't leave me mean comments. k thnx.

we need to know about the past so we can plan our futures

we need to know about the past so we can plan our futures

we have to know our past before we can plan our futures

haha I hate it too, but as you know it's good to have a feedback about things and it will help to develop.

to avoid doing the mistakes from the past in the future.

The problem is the way it's taught. I hated history as well and it didn't help that one of our history teachers would almost fall asleep standing up while he was telling us about the Crimean War... (the what??)

When I got to the ripe old age of 25 I found myself struggling to remember what I'd been taught, as I tried to figure out 'how the world works.'

When you understand history, you have a better grasp of today's world at many levels... of governments, wars, economy, social customs, employment... it's true that we don't need to know the exact date on which some treaty was signed, but it's not bad excercise for the brain (Use it or lose it)

Keep in mind too, having an education makes you a much more interesting person to know

It is a fact that History often repeats itself - so it would be wise to learn in order to not repeat the very same mistakes again.

as they pointed out above, history is full of valuable life lessons.
when you think the world is really coming down on you, if you know history, you can think about what things were like to be- for instance- standing your ground at the alamo, and suddenly modern problems don't seem so bad.
I love history, it has helped in my artwork, in my poetry, and even in how I approach certain situations.
your own personal experiences would fall under the heading of HISTORY.
like pinkpearl stated, it isn't so much the dates that things happened, as it is what happened and what we can learn from it.
there are so many different cultures to study in history, so many philosophies, so many failed attempts at doing something.
when you get completely immersed in history- it can truly be fascinating.
for example, if I ever make it to germany, there are many old castles still around- I would be thinking about the knights that once stood there, once fought there, and died there.
I highly recommend learning about history, pick a subject- egypt , the mayans, anything- and never stop learning.

their trying to show you what we did wrong in the past so we don't make the same mistakes in the future -personally I dont care for it either

I know it can be boring, but learning history is kind of interesting sometimes. I know once you hate a subject, your always going to hate it. But, just try your best and you will do good.