My name is Rebecca Jones. I am at Leesville Road High School in the North Raleigh area, which is also where I graduated from high school--class of '05! I am teaching two sections of regular-level World History and one section of Honors US History. I have always loved studying history. When I was a little girl, my parents took me and my brother to historic sites all over the country. My grandmother encouraged me to delve deeper into history and understand why it is important and fascinating. History and the study of our culture is so important for all of us to learn. It teaches us who we are as a people, where we came from, and how we can learn from our mistakes. At Leesville I met the two history teachers who would inspire me to become a teacher. They helped me understand the importance of sharing my love of history and the importance of caring for other people. I choose to participate in the international student teaching program because I have always loved Ireland. When I was trying to decide if I wanted to apply my mother gave me the advice to do it because as she said, "You will always have another chance to go to Ireland, you will probably never have another chance of teaching there." I am hoping to learn how to teach history from other culture's perspective and to take myself out of my natural comfort zone. I can't wait to leave!