Absence of Historical Sense in America
American culture focuses on the future and ignores the past. We ask our youths, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" The technology of today attempts to advance towards the future. The popular phrase "the future is now" embodies the future-centric attitude of America. George Santayana stated, "Those who do not remember the past are doomed to repeat it." While his words ring true, most Americans lack the basic knowledge of the past in order to be positive citizens of the world and good stewards of the earth.
Some argue that America has a strong historical awareness and this adds to America's greatness in the world community. While American students study history as part of the curriculum of their public schooling, most citizens are unwilling or unable to think past the set of facts, as they are spoon-fed to them. Although America's official history only extends a little more than 200 years into the past, as citizens of the......
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