It sounds almost impossible to believe that a kid was uninterested in anything while growing up, but that is my incurious life. I never wanted to be a doctor growing up or wondered why the sky was blue, I just listened to what I was told and didn’t question. Frankly, I cannot remember my not so long ago childhood. However, I did become very interested in U.S history and current events when I was in Middle School (about 12 years old.) It was all thanks to my 7th-8th grade Social Studies teacher who introduced me to a history that could be interesting and encouraged my constant curiosity. I love learning about all aspects of U.S history because I think it is important to understand the significance of the land you’re walking on. Most people feel that history is irrelevant. Who needs to know what happened two hundred years ago? But I feel that everyday we see history repeating itself, and we need to learn from it to thrive and build a functioning society. Asking questions to any trusted adult or reading trusted news outlets has driven me to become more intrigued by the way our government works or even how to build a better one. Government is a … relatively “well” oiled machine with different aspects and working parts to it. I feel that the people of a country should be well informed about their governments, its laws and regulations in order to know their rights and figure out ways to fight for them. Any time something big happens on the news, I always ask for opinions of my peers or answers from anybody who is into politics or can actually explain to me what’s going on. They’re watering the social studies seed planted deeply rooted in me. My curiosity has only flourished over the years. I’m thankful I was given the opportunity to ask my questions and allowed to be curious in my history classes.  I constantly text my Middle School Social Studies teacher and my High School U.S history teacher about my questions on what’s happening with the world and what can possible outcomes mean for us. Now with all the craziness of the world and constant terrifying changes, I feel like my curiosity will only grow from here.Â