Quickwrite 4 (Realism Unit)

What do I think about this statement? I think that learning about slavery is very important because you learn how we got where we are today. You learn about the struggles that many had to go through and their hardships. Learning about slavery would also make you appreciate how life is now a whole lot more. Most slaves didn’t get a chance to learn much of anything; reading, writing, and sometimes even just speaking were hard for them. The freedom of slaves was a big part of the reason that we have education available for all races, nationalities, and genders. A lot of people think that learning about history is unimportant and irrelevant when, in fact, history is how we’re where we are in life, and to learn about how we go here should be a privilege. People in our generation seem to take for granted the tools that we have readily available that most people didn’t 100, or even 50 years ago. If I had a chance to talk to this person I would explain to them that they should be grateful for being able to learn instead of stop whining and complaining. They won’t go anywhere in life if they have that kind of an attitude.