Issue:In any field of endeavor, it is impossible to make a significant contribution without first being strongly influenced by past achievements within that field.Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, youshould consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.In the field of Science and Technology, had the Space scientists not built on past achievements, learntfrom them and made pertinent modifications to their processes, there would have been no growth in the programs. NS is able to hold a position of prime significance because of the strength of its documentation and knowledge dispersal pro!ect. Without being influenced by the past achievement, one cannot take a step further in today"s ongoing pro!ects.In the context Social Innovation, if you have to launch a program to cater to the #earning and $evelopment needs of the %lind in one of the frican countries today, the phenomenon of learning from past achievements assumes a geographic phenomenon, wherein you do not !ust learn from past achievements in frica, but can draw fruitful parallel to human endeavors in disparate areas across the globe. &ase Studies from India, 'ietnam and (apan can be e)ually munificent to your efforts in frica.The whole *ducations system is based on progressive, iterative modifications based on past achievements of students. &urrent needs of employment and learning are consistently matched with the psychology of students in their particular age and changes are offered and practised.+owever, in some cases, being influenced by the past records of achievements does set negative paradigms in the human mind that seem insurmountable. It took over a century for human athletes to break the ,,sec record for ,-- m .lat /ace. The one who broke it did that because he was misled by the time keeper cum coach into thinking that if he could achieve an under ,,sec timing in a practice session, he could very well do so in a final race too. nd he did that.To sum up, whether it is for the benefit of human performance and growth in any field of endeavor orfor demarcating hypothetical mental paradigms that deem impossible to con)uer at first, it is not possible to make a contribution in any field without being influenced by the past achievements. It is akin to the order of nature. That vital link of knowledge transference and subse)uent learning is what makes us humans progress.