Summary: The Importance Of AP Human Geography Classes

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Knowledge of the past is as still extremely useful today, in fact, it is essential. Classes such as Human Geography and World History are essential to a student's understanding of the world around them, important in teaching students to be open minded, and in some cases, can help in leading to more grateful students. As a student who had taken AP Human Geography, lessons explaining reasons of social and economic disparity across the world gave me a perspective of the world that helped me understand not only how much I have compared to other children across the world, but also showed me how little people around the world have. With a 5.6% of the population looking for work in the U.S., the middle class is growing with less people living

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