It does not travel forward through an environment of time, moving from a real point in the past and toward a real point in the future. Instead, the present simply changes. The past and future do not exist and are only concepts used to describe the real, isolated, and changing present.

History matters because it helps us as individuals and as societies to understand why our societies are the way they are and what they value. It studies the past and the legacies of the past in the present. …

Because our world is made by history, and because knowledge of the past offers new perspectives about the present, studying history gives us deeper insight into our lives and the lives of others.

Historians use documentary sources, including written accounts, maps, and lists (inventories and cen- sus records, for example) to reconstruct what happened in the more recent past. Archeologists deal with material evidence of past human activity. Historians deal with documentary evidence of past human events.

Ashwin Sanghi. The German philosopher Georg Hegel famously said, “The only thing that we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history.” This is a worrying thought because there is so much that went wrong when we look at world history. As we are often told, history repeats itself.

Learn To Love Yourself 2020 was the year of self-love. Loving ourselves despite changes in our mental health, weight, income, social life, work environment and your surroundings was key to surviving 2020.

2020 has taught us that the adversity we face and the resilience we respond with has the power to shape our lives. With each challenge, we are given the opportunity to persevere, learn and grow into stronger, more compassionate and more grateful human beings.

Things this quarantine has taught me

• Americans are resilient problem solvers.
• Family dinners are important.
• Make time for the small stuff.
• Fresh air cures bad moods.
• We don’t need a full schedule to feel fulfilled.
• We don’t need all the things.
• Technology has saved my sanity.
• Good always finds a way.

1. to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. 2. to impart knowledge or skill to; give instruction to: He teaches a large class.

1 : having knowledge or skills acquired by one’s own efforts without formal instruction a self-taught musician. 2 : learned by oneself self-taught knowledge.

The past tense of teach is taught. The third-person singular simple present indicative form of teach is teaches. The present participle of teach is teaching.

1[intransitive, transitive] to give lessons to students in a school, college, university, etc.; to help someone learn something by giving information about it She teaches at our local high school.

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Meaning – Were is the past tense of the verb are. Look at this example of were used in a sentence. Since were means the same as the past tense of are in this sentence, it is the correct word to use.