Introduction

Hello, my name is Andy Tabb, and I am a senior at Westborough High School.  This past semester I took the course Facing History and Ourselves, and I personally believe that it is a class that every student should take.  This class is primarily focused on the holocaust, but along the way, students will learn a lot about themselves.  When I first signed up for this course, I thought it would just be a good way to learn a little about the holocaust, but I had no idea how interesting and beneficial it would be to me.  This class has taught me a lot about myself and has taught me many valuable lessons that I will use for remainder of my life.  Another great part about this class is the fact that we get the chance to watch some fantastic films about the holocaust.  In most history courses, you get almost all of your information out of a textbook, but in this class, we get almost all of our information from the films that we watch.  The films allow us to not only get great facts about the holocaust, but they also allow us to feel more emotionally attached to the people we learn about, and let us feel like we are actually there in person.  For example, in one film, we get to see the actual footage of the Nazi death camps, and get to look at all of the horrors that occurred there.  Overall, Facing History and Ourselves is unlike any other course that is offered, and it should be taken by all students.