Studying Humanities

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Studying Humanities

Throughout life one faces many obstacles against himself and mankind.
By triumphing over these conflicts a person develops characteristics in correspondence to his or her experience. Humanities is the study of this basic cycle of life and its effect upon all cultures and nations. Today's generation, like many before and many to come, can attain a better understanding of the present course of history through the study of the past mankind experiences, or
Humanities.
The question of time travel into the future is simply a raw thought.
Therefore, until one can travel into his or her future, mankind must rely on the past actions of society to determine the future course of life. For this reason,
I believe that my enrollment in the advanced placement Humanities course is a necessity in preparing me for my future. Also, my previous academic decisions have been the foundation for this class.
The driving force behind my final decision to apply myself to an advanced placement class is due to the fact that I want to be able to go into the real world with some understanding of how and why it functions as it does on a daily basis. Through the study of humanities, I hope to attain this goal.
The past classes which have helped to prepare me for the advanced placement
Humanities course have been three years of English honors, one year of United
States history honors, and the present enrollment of advanced placement United
States history. These classes have challenged me as a student to strive, achieve, and excel beyond my expectations. More importantly, the instructors of the classes have placed in me a better understanding of the world in which I live in and how it came to be. Beyond the classroom, many life experiences have prepared me for this course. In my seventh year of grade school I moved to
Dallas, Texas. This was one of the most difficult periods of my lifetime as of yet. I had to learn how to start all over again and still be everything that I

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