-147 Why the hell do we have to learn social studies? I mean honestly I don't think you're going to use it unless you become a historian, amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

George Santayana: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yeah, yeah repeating the past. Teach our youth how to rewire my house and fix my plumbing, instead.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Learning history is extremely important no matter what you do. Maybe learning about wars and kings won't ever be directly relevant to you but you have to learn to look at things from an informed, historical perspective no matter what profession you eventually choose. Social studies also encompasses modern-day problems, by the way.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

they could've interpreted the important historical happenings into literature stories for us to read and analyse. i don't think learning their crops and how many people there were and what clothes they wore will really make me learn from their mistakes

by Anonymous 13 years ago

As a matter of fact, History belongs to the Humanities department, therefore it is not a Social Science. And, more importantly, Economics is a Social Science. Law as well. Still unhelpful you think?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Because we'd like to know what happened, and why it happened, and why we don't want it to happen again.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Would you rather we just forget everything that happenned?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I understand what youre saying. If you relate it to the present than its helful, but the way most schools teach it, its just stupid. We need to know why and how our relationship with Iran is so damaged, but we dont need to know what day of the week Shakespeare was born.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Social studdies is the easiest class ever. All you have to do is remeber things that happened and where places our on a map. I acutally feel smart in that class, unlike math, and it would suck if they took away social studdies.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

why would you be a historian if nobody cares about history. Think for a second!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

im all for social studies but why make it so unbelievably boring?

by Anonymous 13 years ago