Why I want to enter the History faculty

I have always liked history. History has been my favourite subject at school. Of all humanities I have chosen History as my future profession because it reveals events of the past and interprets them.

Historians have always tried to understand past human lives and societies to explain the processes of the present and future. All serious historians have been engaged in collecting and recording historical facts. Historical facts are known through intermediary sources. These include testimony from living witnesses; narrative records, such as previous histories, memoirs, letters, and imaginative literature; the legal and financial records of courts, legislatures, religious institutions, or businesses. All the sources of information provide the evidence from which the historian reads historical facts. The connection between evidence and fact is not simple. The evidence may be one-sided, imprecise, or incomplete, and historians have to assess it critically. But fact-finding is only the foundation for the selection, arrangement, and explanation that makes up historical interpretation. The process of interpretation begins with the selection of a subject for examination. The subject directs research and helps the historian to estimate and classify the obtainable evidence and to present a detailed account of the subject. Historians must respect the facts, avoid errors, and create a convincing interpretation. I want to enter the History Faculty because I hope to become a good historian.