Yet, I went on the premier state university with my degree programme: History! I can’t believe it! What job will I get here anyway?! Its so impractical! I hate it! –This was my first reaction.

I don’t know whether it was my instructors who encouraged me not to shift or is it my strong bonding with my maragtas barkada that made me stay in my degree course and even integrate my supposed-to-be-course Broadcast Communication, therefore I was a double major. I suddenly realized that I’m beginning to like it. I moved on.

So many things that I’ve learned from the history. Events untold by textbook that gave spice to once bland and boring subject. People that are recognized by their heroism with their other side, they’re still human beings. Beliefs that are conflicting as always. I’ve seen a world in such different perspective than before. I was afraid of it, yet I managed to conquer it.

History doesn’t repeat itself, it is being repeated by the people who write the history. They’re not the chroniclers or historians but the people involved. It is the people and nature that writes the destiny of mankind and not circumstances or sorts. Decisions made by the people or person alters the future. It might be started in just one word or an action that may lead to series of events.

Some people or students perhaps doesn’t appreciate the value that this in our lifetime. Our lives are also part of history, or life histories. They say that they don’t care about those people who did something in order to change the society that they once lived. Actually, we learn from their mistakes. Progress from one state to another is done with trial and errors of our society. These mistakes that happened to our past is our reference or guide in order to refine our society to become better. Yet some people still neglect history. It starts with hating it, unappreciating it and worse ignoring the lessons that the people did before.

Do not blame history with such things or events that are happening to our country. Blame it to those who failed to pass the subject. I didn’t mean its theoretical counterpart but the application of it. See, history can be applied to problems that we confront!

Enrolling as a Bachelor of Arts major in History, I faced the consequences that brought about my decision like lower wages and fewer job opportunities. Yet I’m trying to make it better. I’m proud that with this, like the Oblation, would offer my life to the service of my fellow countrymen without hesitation. It all starts with us as individuals, to change ourselves for the better. With collective change, our society also changes.

I’ll do my part, to teach the succeeding generations of a better life or lessons from mistakes that they (the past) and us did. I’m just hoping that they’re not neglecting it or taking it for granted.

–“In order to define the future, one must study the past…” (Kung Fu-Tzu)