Introduction

My name is Matt Oriol and I am a senior at Westborough High School.  Since I started high school my favorite academic subject has been history. The primary reason is teachers vast views of their history courses made it interesting. I hate reading and writing about things that don’t relate to my life. I like to learn about things that I think are important. I like learning about the past and thinking  about what it would be like to live in a different time. It is important to learn the good and the bad things from history so we can continue to do good things when we can. Why, to try not to repeat horrible events in history.

I wanted to take Facing History and Ourselves ever since Mr. Gallagher told us about the course composition lightly two years ago. He said it was learning about history and having opinions. It was also about how we feel about ourselves and other people. The course uses the WWII era to force us to see what is important and to correct things before error happens.

This is not a reading and writing course. It is about thinking and re-correcting yourself s\to see what your course of action would be if we were to experience any wrong situation. The three facets of this course that meant the most to me were watching videos and documentaries of the Holocaust, discussing them in class, and discussing them with my family.