Introduction

             I first heard about Facing History and Ourselves from a student who was taking the course at the time. His description of a class with no tests or quizzes quickly appealed to me as I was in the process of scheduling my senior year. After some deliberation and discussion with students who had taken the course, I chose to take the class believing it would simply offer some relief from my already challenging schedule. When I initially started the course however, it was not the type of classroom interaction I had expected. Unlike many other classes I had taken, this forced students to question the issue of what is right and wrong and decide what type of member of society they were. When I entered this course as a seventeen year old high school student, I will admit I was a bystander who often chose not to involve myself with the issues of others. With the teachings of this course though, I saw first hand how issues such as prejudice or intolerance affect everyone and it is of vital importance to uphold the moral fiber of our society. Through studies of the situations where discrimination has been allowed to take over a society, most notably the Holocaust and Nazi Germany, I found myself changing my outlook on how to act when dealing with an issue. By the end of the course I could see how it is important to help those in need and always stand up for what is right.