Why is it important to learn the history of your own culture?

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I need to write a paragraph for homework on why it's important to learn about the history of your own culture. I need at least three good reasons.


Also, if i want to earn an A, which i do, i need another paragraph on why it's important to learn about other cultures history. I need at least three good reasons for that too. I just cant think tonight and need a little help please.
 
Some could say "if you don't know where you've been, you won't know where you're going". History is like that. If you don't know your own cultural history you won't know the mistakes made in the past, the highpoints you can be proud of, etc. Particularly, without studying the past you won't know why you're having problems with somebody else in the now. Or you might not be aware of something in the past which someone else today painfully remembers & they hold against you & your culture.

That's partially why you also need to study someone else's culture. To know them. To say you don't need to know is like living on a particular street & saying you don't need to know about anywhere else b/c you'll never leave that street. Eventually you come to learn there are other streets, other neighborhoods, etc. Best to know something about 'em.
 
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