went off a bit too much (pt.1)
My World History class teacher posted two questions and we had to respond in the comments
The questions were:
- What are three reasons we study history? You may use info and reasons that you observed in the video.
- In 2040, how do you think the story of 2020 will be written and remembered (Tough Question)? Please provide a response that is at least 4 sentences. You are free to respond to this any way you choose.
This was my response:
I believe throughout human existence history has repeated itself. Studying history of our ancestors and experiences they had will help our generation learn from their mistakes and take into account what is a good idea economically, socially, and just society wise. Things such as inflation resulting in the stock market crash, the indian removal act, and the forgotten 1921 Tulsa massacre that had been covered up and erased from history books. Many of America's past actions have seperated people and their connection to others. Things such as the Jim Crow era left people picking sides even if they didn't fully believe in them they had no other choice because there was an obvious divide from who was in the higher ranks of society and who wasn't, who had the advantage and who didn't. This all came out of the social divide the higher ups left down below for the working class of the blacks and the whites. I believe the pandemic to be the same way. The president has created a divide in people. The people who believe it's real and they need to take precaution and listen to what the media tells us to, and the people who believe that this is a cover up or some sort of mass hysteria like Y2K and claims things such as, "If the president isn't scared than why should we be scared?" It's also become the birthplace of past problems such as fake media output and rumors thrown around that has created a subculture that believes they have a right not to wear a mask because the law prohibits stores from forcing people to wear mask.
It's been widely confirmed that Wuhan's response to the Covid-19 crisis has been covered up around the end of 2019 and beginning of 2020 leading to people blindly walking into it and not knowing what it was. I remember around the beginning of 2020 I hadn't even heard of Covid-19, and when I did I knew it as only being a problem in Asia and places close by like Italy. Around winter break I got at the time was what I thought to be just the flu. It took 8 days for me to recover and in that time, everyone in my family got sick except for my brother. When it was going on we all thought the same thing. This just didn't feel the same as just a flu. Months later when we saw the news talking about the symptoms, all the symptoms checked out.
In 2040 I believe this will be looked upon as one of the most documented and preserved pieces of history just due to how much we've seen and recorded throughout. Online communication is really at its peak right now. Everyone's online. Everything is connected. I believe there's been a tone shift during the past few months. What had started out as isolation, losing touch, feeling like the whole world is falling apart has become seen as a blessing in disguise. It's brought us closer to our relatives, feeling a stronger connection knowing that you're right there besides them. I think people lose touch with their families due to the feeling of "I don't have the time to make plans with them. I'd rather hangout with my friends." When people grow up and move out of their parents the parents feel a lack of purpose or communication in person, but due to Covid-19 there's been a new wave of people just craving that chance to just talk face to face.