Introduction

I took facing History and Ourselves because of my older brother. He had taken numerous classes with Mr. Gallagher and absolutely loved them. He would tell me stories of the classes he took, and how Mr. Gallagher was by far the best teacher he has ever had. I was looking over the class options I could take my senior year and Facing History was open. After reading the description, it becomes something I was very interested in. I have always been interested in what happened in the Holocaust and what the facts were about an event that I couldn’t internalize or make a reality. From other people, the course description, and talks with teachers, didn’t prepare me for ANYTHING close to what I was about to witness. This course is about who you are as a person. It’s about finding out who you really are based off of certain situations and events. After all, a calm sea doesn’t make a skilled sailor. By taking this course, you will feel and discover first hand emotions that weren’t even possible to feel before. The course results in passionate fury over people we never knew or even knew anything about. I didn’t think it would be possible to feel so much emotion for people I never meet and lived…Murdered…over  roughly 70 years ago. I was always someone who would defend anyone no matter the circumstances. This course didn’t change who I am as a person but made me unbelievable more aware of the importance of every single person who is born.