Introduction

                Facing History and Ourselves is an excellent course that goes into depth on the Holocaust.  It covers topics like why it happened, how it happened, people involved, and many other topics.  The class does this through readings, movies, and documentaries.  Throughout the year there were many movies and documentaries played.  The class is mostly dealt with through video.  After a reading or a video we have in depth discussions where we are broken into groups.  After discussing the topic for a few minutes, there is a reporter who reports what the group talked about to the rest of the class.  I really liked this course this year.  I chose to take it because of the good things I had heard of it.  My friends told me that it was a really important class to take. I’m a senior and I only have a couple more days until I am completely done with high school.  Next year I will be attending Boston College.  My sister also goes there, so it should be easier to already have a familiar face on campus.  During high school I was very involved in clubs and in sports.  The clubs that I’m in this year are Interact, New Student Ambassadors, Peer Mediators, and National Honor Society.  I was more involved in these clubs this year than any other year because I held a leadership position in most of them.  I enjoyed being in these clubs, but I liked partaking in sports even more.  I am a three sport athlete: volleyball, gymnastics, and track.  I was varsity for almost all of these seasons except track my senior year.  I was unable to do track because I needed to get a job to be able to more comfortable at track.  I work at a gymnastics gym and have a lot of fun there.  I have three siblings, two older and one younger, so I have a fairly large family.  I really enjoyed the class this year and found it very enlightening.