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I like how Popkin, in his book From Herodotus to H-net, goes right in to the question of why study history. I got into it in the same way that he described it, we start to be interested by it through text books and documentaries that spew out exciting dates and information that hook us into history. This initial thinking about history is what is taught early in school that most people gloss over the true and real reasons why history is important. Popkin describes historiography as,”a ‘narrative about narratives’ whose subject matter is other works of history, rather than than historical events themselves”(Popkin 5). Thinking about history in this way is what moves the study of history forward and provides us with more answers than what dates can do. I like the little comment that Popkin makes about a professor wanting to get into a fist fight with a student over a historiographical dispute they had. Arguing about different approaches and ideas concerning the same event may not be the reason why history has become an interest in my life but it will grow and fuel my interest in the more important questions and aspects of history. In the blog post of ngojoseph, he comments, “Although it is too early to say that I already hate history, it does make me think about why I chose to switch to history in the first place “. I to echo this same question in my head. While i dont hate history either, Popkin has opened my eyes to the question if i am committed to this field of study, and if i am, am i ready to take that “right if passage” that is historiography.