Introduction

            My name is Joe Venditti, I am a quiet but hardworking student. I was new to the school last year as a junior, one may think it would be a tough transition to a new school as a junior but luckily I've played hockey with a lot of the Westborough hockey players before and Westborough is a very welcoming environment in general so I ended up fitting in just fine. I really did not know what I was doing when we given our course selection packets. Last year when I chose Facing History & Ourselves, I thought the class was just going to be a regular blow off class and I had no idea who Mr. Gallagher was. I was very wrong. Facing History ended up being my favorite class and Mr. Gallagher my favorite teacher. I learned a lot of things in this class and I'm really glad I chose it. This class was about obtaining the intellectual and emotional connection with the topics we are learning about that Mr. Gallagher has, and using our newly gained knowledge to become better people and realize that we can never let something like the Holocaust ever happen again. I am the oldest of five children and I have two younger brothers currently attending Westborough High School. I am highly recommending this class to both of them and I will do the same for my two sisters when they go to the school in a few years. I want them all to take the class no matter who is teaching it but hopefully at least a few of my siblings get to take the class with Mr. Gallagher.