Contemporary civilizations evolved significantly in different platform all across political arena, economic transformation, and even systems of education. Our way of life today is defined based on the event in the past which brings history as essential in our everyday life.
Recently Trump has been elected as the new President of the United States of America. He implemented the creation of walls from California down to Texas creating boarders between US and Mexico. This creates a noise all over the world and will impact migration, trade and commerce between countries significantly impacting globalization.
If we look in the history even during the AD civilization people create history through migration example the Vikings and the crusaders. Under the Roman Empire during the fourth centuries serfs are forbidden to leave and the Roman introduced the first passport. During the Ebola epidemic, West Africa closed its borders. These are just events in the history that significantly impacted their way of life-loss of job, death and opportunity to work from foreign countries. The latest survey of pulse Asia states that Filipinos are more concerned in the inflation control rated at 46%. This has direct impact in people’s way of living in the country creating a higher benchmark of poverty line. Hungary for example had experienced hyperinflation during the year 1945 during the World War II where 40% of the country’s capital has been destroyed and spend so much for fuel to support the war. It is believed that has been a strategy for tyranny. It impacts both the poverty line of a common people and this is being observed even up to this day.
Educational system for example in the Philippines had evolved to K-12 which is patterned to other foreign educational system. This contributes globalizing the educational system allowing us to be equipped to foray into the field where they can be successful.
All of these events happened in the past and become a part of our history. They have played an important role on how people live their lives in this new era. It influenced people thoughts and acts making them keen on how to act and things that need to be acted upon. How we are yesterday is a history and what we are today will become a history.
By: Ellen D. Baluyot, LPT
