Sunday, January 16, 2011

"What Facing History Meant To Me."

For their last assignment of the semester, the students of Facing History and Ourselves were to create a blog.   On their blog, the students were to post an Introduction, that described the course, for those not familiar with Facing History and Ourselves, and the reasons they chose this senior elective.  I must say, the introductions alone are worth taking the time to read each and every student's blog.  The students are honest, candid, and incredibly insightful as to their motivation in selecting the course.  Then they were to post a Reflective Essay.  The title of their essay was “What Facing History and Ourselves meant to me.” The essay was to be at least 1000 words and not to exceed 1500 words in length.   You should know that you are reading the student's first draft.  I've asked these seniors, about to graduate from high school, to revisit their blogs at a later time to do a final edit of their essays.  Needless to say, a blog is a very public forum.  The students know that others will be reading what they wrote.  It is my greatest hope that the students will come back to their blogs in the years that follow to remind themselves of the lessons they learned in Facing History and Ourselves.
Mr. Gallagher













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Gabe Stahl
http://gabestahlblog.blogspot.com/

Meredith Geller
http://meredithgellersblog.blogspot.com/

Trevor Laham
http://trevorsfacinghistoryblog.blogspot.com/

Shane Ruffing
http://shaneruffing.blogspot.com/

Robbie Tanner
http://robbietannerblog.blogspot.com/

Patrick Bryant
http://patrickbryantfho.blogspot.com/

Michael Ceruolo
http://ceruolo.blogspot.com/

Sam Plummer
http://samplummersblog.blogspot.com/

Andrew Whamond
http://andrewwhamond.blogspot.com/

Anna Deg
http://annadeg.blogspot.com/

Andrew Grant
http://andrewgrantsblog.blogspot.com/

Nick Judd
http://nickjuddsblog.blogspot.com/

Zack Michaels
http://zachmichaelsblog.blogspot.com/

Sam Nichols
http://www.samnicholsblog.blogspot.com/

Corinne White
http://corinnewhitesblog.blogspot.com/

Shady Mostafa
http://mofasa6.blogspot.com/

Nick Cibelli
http://nickcibellisblog.blogspot.com/

Allison Arpante
http://alliearpantesblog.blogspot.com/

Chiristine Hillier
http://christinehillier.blogspot.com/

Matt Hally
http://matthallysblog.blogspot.com/

Sean Nolan
http://seannolan92.blogspot.com/

Pat Hession
http://pathessionblog.blogspot.com/

Annie Meaney
http://www.anniemeaney.blogspot.com/

Conor Gibbs
http://connorgibbsblog.blogspot.com/

Ryan Blackney
http://ryanblackneysblog.blogspot.com/

Michael Doran
http://michaeldoransblog.blogspot.com/

Brian Goodliffe
http://goodliffesblog.blogspot.com/

Celina Morais
http://celinamoraisblog.blogspot.com/

Sarah Hart
http://sarahhartsblog.blogspot.com/

Mike Klimavich
http://mike-klimavichs-blog.blogspot.com/

Alyssa Noble
http://alyssa-noblesblog.blogspot.com/

Joe Vendetti
http://joevendittisblog.blogspot.com/

Tucker McKinnon
http://tuckermckinnon.blogspot.com/

Matt Oriel
http://moriolblog.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html

Sam Klefstad
http://samklefstadsblog.blogspot.com/

Zack Howe
http://howesa.blogspot.com/

Tom Houle
http://tomhoules.blogspot.com/

jillian bleakney
http://jillbleakneysblog.blogspot.com/

ryan iasiello
http://ryaniasiellos.blogspot.com/

brian orlando
http://brianorlandosblog.blogspot.com/