Anshul Khetarpal is a first generation American citizen who didn’t learn to speak English until he was eight years old. That never slowed him down scholastically, however; he shot through school earning excellent grades, and today holds degrees and certifications from San Diego State University, UCLA, and the University of Maryland. Today he makes his home in Redding CA.
His friends and colleagues know him as a man of considerable intellect, and his interests are many and varied. One of the subjects he reads most deeply in is history, a topic so vast that he knows there is enough to keep him reading for the rest of his life.
There is an old saying that those who do not study the past are condemned to repeat it, and that is enough, in and of itself, to justify the study of history. For many people, reading is strongly associated with their memories of school, and the anxieties that came with it. And that is enough, unfortunately, to keep them from reading independently later in life, when they no longer have to. But reading can be an aesthetic experience as pleasing as going to a movie or listening to live music.
But more to the point, an understanding of the past is crucial to promoting an understanding of the present. Everyone is entitled to pontificate about world affairs, and many people don’t hesitate to do so, but it is not unreasonable to think that they have a basic knowledge of what they are talking about or what they are voting about.
Anshul Khetarpal reads about history from his home in Redding CA.
Sources: http://www.wikihow.com/Teach-American-History
http://www.librarything.com/topic/61206
His friends and colleagues know him as a man of considerable intellect, and his interests are many and varied. One of the subjects he reads most deeply in is history, a topic so vast that he knows there is enough to keep him reading for the rest of his life.
There is an old saying that those who do not study the past are condemned to repeat it, and that is enough, in and of itself, to justify the study of history. For many people, reading is strongly associated with their memories of school, and the anxieties that came with it. And that is enough, unfortunately, to keep them from reading independently later in life, when they no longer have to. But reading can be an aesthetic experience as pleasing as going to a movie or listening to live music.
But more to the point, an understanding of the past is crucial to promoting an understanding of the present. Everyone is entitled to pontificate about world affairs, and many people don’t hesitate to do so, but it is not unreasonable to think that they have a basic knowledge of what they are talking about or what they are voting about.
Anshul Khetarpal reads about history from his home in Redding CA.
Sources: http://www.wikihow.com/Teach-American-History
http://www.librarything.com/topic/61206