The Past... the Present

Understanding the past to understand the present. I have always liked that saying. Isn't that why we have history lessons throughout school?
I always thought History lessons were not given to bore me or make me learn boring facts and dates for an exam. It was exciting to take a certain period and really dig deep and see why things happened or what caused certain events to take place. That is my own out of mind opinion, but maybe someone shares that with me.
History was meant to be learned from. Things take time to learn from and see the bigger perspective of the situation. Plus, history always has a chance of repeating.