Only here in Israel, every site is my classroom.

Back home I have a very traditional school, it starts early in the morning, I see the teachers once, and I sit in desks all day.  It's a very conventional and normal environment. Only here in Israel, every site is my classroom. There is so much to learn all around us. In a normal history class, you learn about it and you never get the chance to see it. Here, once we learn about something, we get to see, where a battle happened or where people lived before. I really appreciate how we can see first hand were past Jews and others used to live.

On tiyulim, we get to look for evidence of Jewish culture and life. It's an incredible experience to get to sit out in the open of Israel and get to visibly see and enjoy what we are learning about. For example, we were going to learn about a Roman amphitheater, and it is an interesting subject on its own, but when we actually got to see in person how it works and what kind of things they did there. We got to act out a “battle” of our own there. It makes learning about every time period and the site more fascinating and memorable. Another example is the epic story of metzada. I think we have all heard some part of the story, but once we were all up there, seeing the beautiful view, the ancient ruins, and hearing the breathtaking story, it completely changed how I thought about the story. It's an utterly different experience to sit outside and see what past Jews were looking at and enjoy our class in our land.