History repeats itself?

Quoting an article in GOOD;
【The Outdoor Office: Better for Morale and the Environment】

The picture of "The Outdoor Office" would possibly remind some Japanese grandma and grandpa who are over 75 of "Aozora Kyoshitsu," or "Open-air Classrooms" they used to learn at after the Second World War.

Intense bombings in many cities in Japan destructed a lot of school buildings, leaving young students no place to read and write the way they did with their classmates. All they could do was just gather to an open space where school buildings used to stand and brought wooden chairs that have survived the bombings. No blackboards. No chalks. Not all the students had their own textbooks. Sometimes a couple of kids had to share one book.

Notice the smiles on the students' faces. They must have been really delighted to learn even though they didn't have a classroom. They were thirsty for knowledge as well as a proper place to learn. On rainy days, however, they could not attend these open-air lessons. They had to stay home. To get away from this inconvenience, constructions of new school buildings began soon everywhere in Japan.

During the constructions, students had to borrow some space in other schools that were not severely damaged by the bombings. After school, they would be pulled into hard work of sweeping debris, land-clearing etc. A grandpa recalls; "I joined the construction operation as soon as I entered a junior high school in 1946. It was so hard. I liked the work, though. Because I couldn't wait to see a brand new building set up by our own hands. But I could not see it completed before I graduated. It was done in October in 1949. I have to admit I was a little bit sorry but when I attended the completion ceremony, I was proud of what I did."

Over sixty years later, an open-air space for working and learning has come up for discussion. People once desired to draw away from inconvenience. Contrariwise, an idea has come out to edge out the very asset into which people put forth the effort.

History repeats itself? Or should I say, history retrace itself?