Do You Think History Is Important?

When was the last time you read about history? I picked up a book called Empire by Neil Ferguson. It's about the role of the British Empire in World History and whether it's a force for good or evil but I didn't manage to get that much into it because um well other things happened like promoting my own book. Do you think children should learn history? Definitely although to be honest with you I think they should probably learn to read and write and count first. Um but after that history definitely and maybe they could read about history while they're writing to be honest.