VALUE OF HISTORY??????????????????????????

ALMOST ALL THE PEOPLE ARE ASKING ME THAT WHY YOU ARE STUDYING HISTORY? IS THERE ANY SCOPE?IS THERE ANY JOB SCOPES?WHY IS THAT IT IS WASTE OF TIME ONLY NA? U WILL GET SLEEP WHILE READING THAT OR LISTENING TO ANY LECTURES?LIKE THAT KIND OF QUESTIONS.

THEN ONE OF MY FRIEND ALSO TOLD ME THAT "HERE YOU SEE YOUR CLASS STRENGTH IS ONLY  FIVE AND TEN SO THAT ITSELF SHOWS "HISTORY IS DECLINING"OR DEGENERATING ITS VALUE IN PRESENT DAY SCENARIO.?

SO WHAT I WANT TO SAY TO THEM?IS IT REALLY DECLINING OR NOT?
FOR SOME PEOPLE I SAID THAT "HISTORY HAS WIDE SCOPE ,LIKE NUMISMATICS,MUSEOLOGY,ARCHAEOLOGY,PALEOGRAPHY,EPIGRAPHY,RESEARCH,ETC.............
SO I REALIZED THAT THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IS THESE THINGS?AND THEY SIMPLY KEEP IN MIND THAT "HO HISTORY NA,NOTHING IS THERE.NO USE ALSO.IT JUST STORY TELLING."
BUT I UNDERSTOOD THAT  THESE PEOPLE ARE TOTALLY UNDERESTIMATED THE "HISTORY".AND I MUST SAY THAT WHILE READING,LEARNING,LISTENING THE HISTORY ITSELF SHOWS THE SCOPE AND VALUES AND THE NECESSITY TO UNDERSTAND THE WHAT DOES HISTORY MEANS...................................???????????