History: A Retrospective.

As a student at a university dedicated to higher education, I can understand the theoretical importance of history.  It is a good idea to look at the past and learn from pervious mistakes, then be able to apply this learning experience to real life situations.

However, given the current state of the economy, the government, and my life in general, I sometimes wonder how much value we place on history as a society in contrast to how much value we get out of studying it at college...