(Continuation from yesterday)

If I were a teenager, I would be rebelling with saying "Do not be stupid."

So I know that they can not be persuaded with my official answer.

As for my daughter, I think that (probably) I can explain about the usefulness of "English" "mathematics" "national language".

However, "history" is difficult to explain.

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Regarding "history", many teachers have explained that "history is a collection of past use cases".

The purpose is "learn from past failures, make use of it to the present".

However, I think this is "insulting" the past people quite a bit.

About for "the ignorance, overdrive and unintelligent psychogender of Japanese military" as the above, there are many descriptions that only the headquarters of the Japanese army was "incompetent".

However, if you examine it for a moment, you can see that experts from various fields supported the Pacific War.

In particular, I think that the Japanese people of those days forming the public opinion of "support of the war" should not be ignored.

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Also, even now, there are

- Shimmerly a politician who asserts "protectionism" and a citizen who does not stop him, whether they know that "protectionism" caused the block economy, and the block economy caused murdering tens of millions of people all over the world

- A politician who shouts "diplomatic ties" against the judicial judgment of the neighboring country (× foreign policy) and the citizens who support them.

If "the reflection of history" is exercised correctly, these can not happen.

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In the long history so far, many people was considering social wisdom of the era, international situation, capabilities of the country (including war potential), and thought and thought again, decided what they had to do.

And they continued to make a "failure".

So, in the subject "history", not only children but also we adults, should learn

"Because they failed even in the past, even now it is inevitable for us to fail in the same case"

This is "resignation".

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The purpose of the subject "history" are

"We will repeat the same mistakes as often as we can"

"So, if you make a mistake, you will not feel so depressed."

I think it is good.

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So, back to the beginning -

According to the purpose of study of history

"Back to the process of the incident that occurred"

"Learn from past failures, make use of it to the present"

All teachers who are strengthening like that, are, I think, "they are finger of sophistry".