[Potironette]

Study about the past to analyze the present?

That bit about George Washington was interesting.

If I think about it--actually even when I don't think about it--I avoid political current events because I don't understand it the slightest. I have practically no clue who Nixon or Reagan is. I have no clue what the difference between Democrats and Republicans are (well, not no clue exactly, but very little). I don't know what makes the two parties so important.

It's kind of cool how the part about politicians campaigning(?) differently sounds like psychology.
Facts first then analysis? I guess I could imagine history like a wealth of information that people try to get meaning/trends out of. Sort of like analyzing a book?
I would hate to get tested on the plot of a book, but I guess the point of being in history class then, is to educate myself about things then use those things as arguments? My history teacher said right before the exam that people who stated things without facts are "quacks" so I guess it's related. Actually, that sounds like being a politician--but appealing to logic rather than people, or something.

Hmm, history makes ideas credible, is what I'm starting to observe XD.

It's hard that there's so much to just accept all at once though ("and then, a depression happened during these years that caused this." --> Wait what there was a depression?; "the farmers met in Omaha and formed the Populist party" --> Wait what, they formed a party o_o?).