Sense of History

How definitive is a sense of history in regulate the future of Singapores society? Stand: disposition of history is important to large extent Opposing Statement 1: Sense of history is non important because we need to be forward looking and the past will not erupt us the answers on how to move forward Rebuttal: those who fail to attend from the past, are doomed to repeat it - We need to understand what has happened in the past in order to prevent it from happening once again E.g. Japanese occupation during WW2 & need for national security; matter education to prevent race riots Opposing Statement 2: People and things are constantly changing and it is not realistic that we face identical situations as before. Hence, looking to the past would not aid us in any situations. Rebuttal: Although we would not be faced with exact same face of situations, there would still be existence of essential similarities under early(a) circumstances. Example would be SARS hit Singapore in 2003, Singapore caught unaware and total of 201 probable cases of SARS and 722 shadowed cases have been reported just a few long time after outbreak of SARS. Learned from SARS situation and brisk ourselves to be more ready to contain such threats in future.

H1N1, we were more ready than before and contained the threat in a more efficient and rapid way. Only 80 unexpended cases reported few days after outbreak. That shows Singapores efficiency in containing threat as they learnt from past mistakes. keep Argument 1 Topic Sentence: Sense of history is important to our society because past deeds by our ancestors that helped shaped our rural area to what it is today will always be remembered and reminds us of the scrupulous efforts put in by them so that we will not take what we have today for granted and work towards a brighter future. Example 1: NAS developed another World fight II interpretative centre at Upper Bukit Timah Road, Memories at Old Ford Factory. This National Monument has a permanent... If you need to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay

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