News, history and child's education

The next time one of your kids or students ask why they have to learn history and that it does not apply to us today, you can show them the news from today. The headlines read "Holocaust Fund and victims defrauded by criminals", "Costa Rica and Nicaragua continue two century-old border dispute" and "Texas Supreme Court upholds land grants from the Republic of Texas circa 1840". Although these items might not impact everyone it is significant that the actions from the past can still affect people today.