Sunday, July 6, 2008

Food for Thought 8

An understanding of the past is necessary for solving the problems of the present.
Please write at least two paragraphs (6 - 8 sentences each): Explain what you think the above statement means. Describe a specific situation in which solving a current problem might not require an understanding of the past. Discuss what you think determines whether or not the past should be considered in solving the problems of the present.

9 comments:

Shanelle Sebastian said...

Understanding the past is necessary for solving the problems of the present. This means to me that when we are trying to do something we can learn about what we did during the past and when we learn something about the present. Learning is not that hard to do. If we learn something from the past we can learn more about the present. If we are learning or understanding about the past we are only learning the same thing the next day. Understanding the past could be very difficult for us.
When we understand the past we can do things very well during the present. If we have hard time doing understanding the past we can learn it again. If we understand well during the past we can do it very well during the present. Understandind the past is necessary of learning the present. This is what I think the statement means.

Unknown said...

It means that you need the past to help you solve in the present.For example, learning history about your mother or father,will help you understand your mother or father's history.The past is much important as the present.The past can help you for the present.So you can't forget about the past or the present.

fr.h

Unknown said...

In solving the trash problem in our school because the people around it dont need to know the past of the trash we just need to pick up trash, put the trush where it belong. How can i need to tell the people who is in the school to put the trash and who ever dontm follow will have consicunes to clean all the trash can and put in the trash bin.

And for the people who will follow the rule and regulation the will have a reward for doing the right thing that they need to do. It is also important to put the trashy in the trash bin so the place will be claen and neat. people will notice the cleanlyness of the school if the people and mthe students will help ech other to make the school trash free.

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Unknown said...

Sometimes you need the past help you solve in the present.Like you need information to do a historical project then you need the past to see who is still alive then.And your family history you need the past to help you.The past is important and the present.Past is use for the present too.So you always can't forget the past is also use for the present.
Lee M

Unknown said...

i think that this means that whatever problems you had in the past, will help you to solve problems you are dealing with now. if you had a problem in the past, maybe some of the problems you had, could relate to the problem you are having right now. it also could help you fix it, like how you fixed the related problem.

remembering your past problems are useful in the future. it could help you because you can remember how you solved it. you could also relate to it to help you go through it along the way. however you solved you past related problems, you could solved your problem easier.


Brizanna

Unknown said...

The state ment means that you have to laern about the past so that you can use solutions from that to preasant solutions.
Like if we didn't know about the past we wouldn't know about the wars or enviormental problems and what we could do about it. A problem that wouldn't need a past knolage wound be global warming and other problems like that.
The past should be consdered to the preasant because there solutions might work.


By:Janjan

Unknown said...

I think it means the more mistakes you make the more you learn.Like if you yell out an answer you get in trouble. The next time you do the same thing you know what's going to happen.So you learn from your misakes.You won't do it again becouse you leaned your lesson.

Another example is to think before you do something.Like your angery and about tohurt someone.Before you do that think what's going to happen to you.You might go to jail.

Unknown said...

We can solve the present that means that we are trying to do something about the present,learning is a little to hard but if u listen then it won't be hard for you to learn something from the past.But uderstanding the past is difficult for us.



We might understand the past if we can do things very well and if we had a bad time understanding then you can learn it again.Understanding the past is necessary of learning the presents.

Unknown said...

My understanding of the past is that is not a nesscerlly to solve a proble that we don't even no and why solving it with us not knowing it but if we don't no something we have to asked someone so that that the problem can be solve and its also not eassy to solve a problem when it is really hard and when if u need help ur parents can help u if u asked for help but it dosen't matter how hard it is but all it matter is that you try over and over again because no is prefeck and no one can judge us but god but all we have to do is try hard and we well complish or gold.In the past it is not necessary for everybody to be prefect but is good if we try harder and hareder.also my other understanding is that it is diffult for other people.
heather