The Five Dimensions of a History Professor: Believing

History professors believe that history is an important subject to learn. “What happens in the present, and what will happen in the future, is very much governed by what happened in the past,” (Marvick). They believe that the only sure way for history not to repeat itself is to closely study the events of the past. For example, in 2008, America came very close to slipping into another Great Depression. It was the combined efforts of economists’ and historians’ research on the first Great Depression that helped America avoid another one. Studying economic drops, wars, plagues, etc., can help avoid future events that are similar to those. History professors believe that the widespread knowledge of past events can keep civilization as a whole from repeating its mistakes and backtracking.