History Belongs To Us

As I’ve gone through my life, I am ever captivated by history and its connections to the world we live in today. Throughout history, people have consistently wanted the same things, those being comfort, community, and the opportunity to better their lives. Sadly, history also teaches us that over the span of thousands of years, humanity continues to make the same mistakes… that in moving forward, we also repeatedly refuse to learn important lessons about our world’s past.

Having worked in the education field for over twenty-five years, I am appalled by revisionism. We should never rewrite history as a means to support specific viewpoints. History should be taught in a way that our children can learn from the past. It isn’t an ideology, it’s quite frankly what was a way of life. We use ancient documents, pictures, photos, scientific discoveries to build what we believe is a true depiction of the world as it began, progressed, and eventually became what is “our” collective home.