Introduction

The course Facing History and Ourselves will change you forever.  It will change the type of person you are and your perception of the world and everything that is going on in it.  It will change you morally and show you just how much one person can have an impact on the world.  You will learn a great deal about the Holocaust and Adolf Hitler along with many other things involving similar subjects.  It will also help you discover who you are as a person.  I chose to take this course because the Holocaust has been the most interesting topic to me in every history class I have taken.  I saw this course as a chance to learn more about the Holocaust and how it began, ended and everything in between.  I also had many people recommend the course to me saying that it is a course that not only with I enjoy but I will also learn a great deal from.

My name is Matthew Richard Demers.  I am an eighteen year old boy with one older brother and divorced parents.  My brother has been my biggest role model throughout my life.  He has led me to do many things including play six different sports throughout my life.  I have played Football, Hockey, and Lacrosse all four years of high school and also snowboard.  My parents divorce has led me to become a very independent person.  It caused me to grow up very fast and has also caused a very tense relationship with my mother.  I do not get along with her boyfriend and she is the only person I know that likes him.  He lives with us and has made many changes.  I have learned to live with him and this course has taught me to make the best of the situation I am in.