Introduction

                My name is Shady Mostafa and my brother and I are both first generation Americans for my family. I moved here from New Jersey at the beginning of the seventh grade and was surprisingly very quickly welcomed into the student body. Currently, I am a senior at Westborough High and I am planning to continue my education at large universities such as Maryland or UNC. I am interested in a variation of majors such as marketing or sports medicine.  My parents are both of Egyptian decent and they both work full-time five days a week in order to ensure me a healthy and happy living. My mom works at Next Generation Child Care Center as a head teacher and my father works as the head of global marketing for Genzyme Corp.  I chose to take this course primarily from my friends’ opinions who took it last year. They spoke very highly of the instructor, Mr. Gallagher, and of the course content. It was evident of the dramatic changes that they have undergone through just one semester of the course and that just truly amazed me. Every day they would speak of the various videos presented and the impact it had on them. It shocked me that these same friends that continuously spoke about how much they hated school, would also continuously bring up this life-changing course. Just through word of mouth I knew that this course was worth taking and it truly did live up to every bit of its potential.