Uses of History? - Study B.A.History and become what?

Have you wondered what is the use of history? Why do people study history? I am lately very much interested in History, which I was not very much interested in school, but now yes! That is because probably I am bit more mature and becoming curious to relate ourselves to the past and also know what our ancestors have been doing and what they have acquired and what they have left us and what is the lesson we need to capture in order to live very well.

"The student who reads history will unconsciously develop what is the highest value of history: judgment in worldly affairs. This is a permanent good, not because "history repeats" - we can never exactly match past and present situations - but because the "tendency of things" shows an amazing uniformity within any given civilization. As the great historian Burckhardt said of historical knowledge, it is not 'to make us more clever the next time, but wiser for all time.'" -Jacques Barzun, Begin Here

• History improves judgment.
• History provides instructive examples.
• History makes us better thinkers.
• History supports common cultural understanding and dialogue.
• History satisfies a need for identity.
• Finally, history gives pleasure.
  

By exposing us to the "foreign country of the past" (and to actual foreign cultures of today), history can help us develop tolerance and open-mindedness and "perhaps, rid ourselves of some of our inherent cultural provincialism." Furay and Salevouris also note that "Historical knowledge is extremely valuable in the pursuit of other disciplines - literature, art, religion, political science, sociology, and economics."

At last, what can you become as when you complete BA History degree? Yes, You can continue as Economist (by adding an economics degree), Politician, Lawyer, Sociologist, Historian, Literature field, Teacher, Professor, Social worker and of course in this list itself I have mentioned some lucrative fields!