Back in the days when I was much younger (not like I am that old anyway), I was always eager to be in the Civic Education class. The subject was basically a combo of some national constitution, being a better citizen, societal values, national history, etc. But the history part is always what I love to hear about. I was always fascinated when my teacher would stand in front of the class and narrate how some things came to be what we see today. This, however, went on till the end of secondary school. And now, it is what has fueled my desire to know more about the history of many things and not just my country alone.
The Civic Education class in secondary school, of course, was more advanced than that of the elementary times. Here, more things were revealed and so many things we wondered how got there or never even thought about were made known. Lest I forget, my parents especially my Dad also fed me history at home. Since I could say he tells me more, he became who I went to validate any information I heard from school or elsewhere. He works at an engineering firm which was in another state so I get to see him, then, in an interval of at least two months. SO anytime he is about to come home, I long for his historical talks and tell him what I may have heard or researched to validate it.
My little knowledge over the years of national history had made some things pertaining to politics quite un-obscure to me. This is such that most times when I hear people discuss politics and I hear some wrong or inadequate info, I tend to feel it. The feeling entails the why are you saying this. Most times, I see the lack of knowledge of history has made many individuals make the same mistake over time. It validates that “those who don't learn from history are bound to repeat it". In other words, not learning from what you know or have experienced will cause a great deal.
As a matter of fact, I do not dwell only on the (public) national history but also on that of my origin. I am a Yoruba guy from Nigeria. How the capitals of states we see nowadays, were once provinces and strong empires are one of the information I love. And I never get tired of it. The traditional religions and their respective ideologies including how the heritage sites were founded. Some of which are recognized globally by UNESCO, for example, the Osun-Oshogbo Sacred Groove.
Moreover, I find it better to teach and talk to others about what I have garnered through history. This is why at any time an opportunity to teach others about their history, I make sure in the little time a lot of details are covered. Funnily enough, there are some who claim they are from an ethnic group and when I ask them to tell me about their origin, they seem uninformed or less concerned about it. And then I set in my class.😁
For me, I believe there is still more historical knowledge to get acquainted with hence the little knowledge I mentioned above. And why I may not claim to know a lot about it. Besides, there are people around me that I keep quiet to listen to them when they talk about history interestingly especially when it concerns countries and times immemorial. One of them is my friend 
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