The Facing History Course is a course that uses history, specifically study of the Holocaust, to develop moral character and decision making skills. The focus of the course is to show how, if something horrible is going on but everyone acts as a bystander neither helping or fighting against the cause, it can allow for horrific events to occur, such as the Nazi’s slaughter of 6,000,000 Jews in the late 1930’s and 1940’s. This is done through presenting the historical facts, as well as situations that individuals would have faced at the time through films, documentaries, and motion pictures.  The class is encouraged to think about how they would personally handle the situation, how their morals would affect that decision, and to show all sides of one of history’s great atrocities. I chose to take this course because I think that it is extremely important to examine history, because the only way that we can prevent future mistakes such as the Holocaust is to learn from them. Many people don’t want to learn about such gruesome events, but I think that those who choose to remain ignorant are those who are doomed to allow history to repeat itself. I think that this mentality is extremely dangerous. Without knowledge, rational, sound decisions are impossible to make, because an intelligent decision cannot be reached without factual information. I also took this course because I am extremely interested in World War II, and I knew a lot about the Pacific war, but very little about what went on in Europe. This course gave me a good grasp on what economically and politically caused the Holocaust, and WWII to happen. I believe that it should be a requirement for everyone to take this course, because it is so important to character building, and discovering who you are as a person.