My First Posting on this Blog

Hi everyone,

This is one of my first few tries at blogging. Ok...as you all know by now...Mr. Mak is quite a computer "idiot" meaning...computer knows me, I dunno the computer. Anyway, that is gonna change. I'm learning new stuff now and and and and and and.......so....SHOULD YOU!

This is a history blog meant for my history classes, 1E1, 1E3, 1E4 and 2N2.

This is an attempt to make YOUR history learning more fun, easier.

You can find different history resources here and it can help you understand better.

Boring??? NO NO NO...never. With me around....hahaha....that is going to become a word of the past!

And you...yes YOU...that fella over there....Please don't dig your NOSE! Thanks.

Ok now....we shall try to answer a very very very lame question. Why study history?

I'll tell you the boring answer first.

"The study of history helps us understand why things the way they are today. We have to learn from past successes and failures. On top of this, we learn to understand and respect each other using lessons of the past. Finally, the study of history, we develop our critical thinking skills."

BORING. 5 year old kid can repeat to me. You can repeat to me. You know what it means???

A better way of explaining.....USING AN EXAMPLE...

Johnny loves BMX bikes. Johnny is 14 this year. His friends has nice BMX bikes. He doesn't have one. Johnny is jealous. He decides to steal a BMX bike.

His first steal was a success. Brand new BMX bike. He kept stealing and sold the parts off to others and bike shops. One fine day, he was off to do the USUAL stealing.

Unknowingly, police had tracked him down and followed him because too many BMX bikes have been stolen recently. He was caught when he tried to steal again. Police told him he will be charged for stealing.

Simple story right? What do you see in this story?

1. Johnny was jealous of his friends. Why? He was not contented with what he had.

2. Johnny stole again and again. Why? He enjoyed the THRILL of stealing and getting away with IT.

3. Johnny does not have a bike. Why? He might be POOR...OR his parents are very STRICT and do not PAMPER him...or he is TOO EASILY INFLUENCED BY FRIENDS!

4. Crime does not PAY. Why? You GO TO JAIL LA and and...they torture you inside. Simple right?

NOW...the above example is HISTORY in ACTION!!!

From what Johnny did, we learnt LESSONS from the past. We learnt how to think DEEPER.

It is that SIMPLE....

Watch for my NEXT Entry....