Are you interested in history ?   Yes , I am . I enjoyed studying it at school , though I had trouble remembering all the dates , so my teacher never gave me good marks .   I love history , but I ’ Ve always thought that learning the reasons behind events is more important than remembering exactly when they happened .   I wish you had been my history teacher ! I might have got better marks !   Some people say that history repeats itself .   What does that mean ? The same events never happen twice , do they ?   The idea is that the people and dates change , but the reason why things happen stay the same .   I see . I think I ’ d agree with that statement . People often seem to make the same mistakes over and over again . 