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I think McCullough is trying to get the point across that history is something that can’t be taught the person learning about history must be fascinated in it to actually get something from it. Off of that he also believes that history is important in teaching us and showing us how far we have come and what has happened to us so that maybe we can learn from that. I believe history is necessary in order to understand the world we live in today and how we got here. History not only shows us the past but what may be to come in the future.

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David McCullough sees the importance of the history of this nation. He believes young people should learn history for how much this nation has risen and fallen. We believe thing are difficult now but back then it was harder, and to think about how we have made such a small society to point it is now is fascinating. That is what McCullough wants us to learn, how far we have come and how it all happened.

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David McCullough believes that it is important to study history because it teaches us about the pass and how it started and how it impacts us now just like the founding fathers didn't have any experience in revolutions or nation-making but they were still able to figure it out and make it through the hard times

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David McCullough believes that it is important to learn our countries history so that we know the struggles and hardships, that our founding fathers went through and accomplished to form this amazing country that we have today.

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McCullough believes history is important to learn because it shouldn't be something that is taught because it will better our selves but for the sole reason of "...joy..." Like most people enjoy music and literature. I agree with McCullough history is important but not for all the reasons that everyone thinks.

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The author believes that history should only be taught to those who enjoy it, and while it does better us as citizens, it cannot be taught to those who do not enjoy it. I believe history is an important subject that can be used for many purposes outside of just school.

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The author believes that it is crucial to study history because it is important to pass on the information of the past to the generation of the future. Some of the vital information he believes is crucial includes the fact that the outcome of any historical event was not preordained. One of his main arguments for the importance of studying history states that History is a pleasure; as is music, art, or literature. Personally, I don't see the reason for the latter argument; but I personally agree strongly with the former.

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David McCullough believes it is important for students to be more educated when it comes to history so we can understand the past, what happened, and if they can happen again. I agree when he says that people don't live in the past. Many people today don't see how much history could happen or has happened while they are alive. We don't tend to realize that normal people in the past became historic figures either.

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McCullough has strong feelings about history. He thinks it is important to be educated in history for multiple reasons. He thinks we should not only learn history because it can make us better people, but we should also learn it for the love of history.

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David McCullough is obviously very passionate about history. He states that he does not believe that our generation is educated enough in the history of our nation. He is worried about our future because he believes that if the past is forgotten the lessons previously learned will be lost. I also really like how he says that the figures in the past lived in their present not knowing what would happen in the future.

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the author thinks that history should be studied for pleasure, he says " The joy of history, like art or music or literature, consists of an expansion of the experience of being alive. And that is what education is largely about." I believe that yes history should be taught for joy, but it mostly should be taught for learning. school isn't made for students to find joy in history or literature.

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David McCullough shows how important and interesting he believes history is. He defines it as fascinating and the expansion of being alive. He talks about the founding fathers not knowing what would happen next and showed that they were just ordinary people like any of us. Personally, I think it is important to study history to know how everything led up to today and to learn from the past.

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David McCullough, thinks that studying history should be fun and enjoyable, and not necessarily to just for the benefit of the world. I agree with him, but sometimes looking at the past is strictly for growing as a society and learning from it. I really liked when he talked about Jefferson Adams and George Washington, and how they weren't thinking about how they made/were apart of history, but that they just lived through it. We has humans are making history every minute, it just depends on what people may find most important in the next 100 years. So with this we just have to live our lives and keep improving.

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Mccullough thinks that we should not study history to understand humanity, become a better citizen, and learn from the successes and failures of the past, but simply because we should find pleasure and joy in learning about the past. While I find history interesting, I think knowledge of the past can be used as a tool to build a better future, as Mccullough mentioned “planning for the future without a sense of the past is similar to planting cut flowers and hoping for the best.” I also found his comment on the idea that no one is a self-made man or woman, because the past and the people around us have all done something to shape us into who we are. I also liked his description of the founder fathers, pointing out they were regular men with no training or experience and with all the flaws of a normal person who made a change and built a nation nonetheless.

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The author believes that it is important to study history for multiple reasons: to become better citizens, so we can "behave better", so we "become more thoughtful and understanding human beings", and, most importantly of all, we should study history for pleasure. I believe we should study history for these reasons as well, but I disagree that the most important thing is pleasure, because some people do not enjoy history. I think the lessons it teaches are more important than the pleasures some enjoy.

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David McCullough's story states that its important to study history because of the fear that future generations wont know what they need to in order to not repeat the mistakes made in the past. His story comes across very unrealistic in the beginning the college students where probably to afraid to raise there hand in class I doubt they didn't know who George Marshall is. Also most people know where the 13 colonies are.

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David McCullough believes that history should be studied not just for maintaining a better future, but simply for the pleasure of learning. I love how he wrote about the fact that Jefferson, Adams, and Washington thought of their time as the present and not the past, which is something of course I knew to be true, but never truly thought about. I think it is very common for people to retain information until a test comes and then forget it, and I suspect that's what may have happened with the college students and George Marshall.

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The author believes that it is important to study history because we should learn our countries past to see the good or the bad so we can see where they went wrong and don't make the same mistake. I think we should be learning our countries past so we can learn how our country became what it is today.

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I like when he talks about America not remembering darker times like our oil tankers were sunk off the coast of Florida by German submarines. Also when it talks about our founding fathers originally not knowing how to start the revolution or how to start their own nation.

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He thinks that studying history is interesting! I like how he talks about how the founding fathers were not living in the past and that they didn't know if they would win against the British.  It makes me feel more connected to them and makes them seem more real.