As a history teacher for several decades, I've always believed that the past shapes the future. Yet, there's a certain abstraction to history; it often feels distant, like a series of events captured only in textbooks and old tales. That is, until the day I witnessed history unfold in real-time right before my eyes. It was a normal day in my classroom when a student, eager to share his weekend project, walked up to the front. He presented a detailed analysis of the social impact of ...