Robin (Anderson) Screen:  

Life has been a wild ride! After high school I headed to junior college, work, and eventually graduating from Northern Illinois University with a BA in English. My family had the opportunity to relocate just north of Dallas in '88, so I came along for the ride. It must have clicked, because I've been here ever since. I received my certification to teach English/reading summer '90, and I began a new life teaching at North Garland H.S. in August. I changed schools (by choice) a couple of times. Lakeview Centennial and Nimitz H.S. were next. While at Nimitz I received my M.Ed. in Secondary Ed/Reading. I regressed and have been in middle school since '99, and this is where I'll stay. Needing another option I went back to school, again, in 2000 to receive my Library Media Specialist certification. 2002 was a great year. I got a new job as a media specialist and a new life. This keeps me busy and usually out-of-trouble. I maintain 850-900 seventh/eighth students on a yearly basis, along with 85 staff and administrators. I love it! On a personal level after kissing plenty of frogs, I met my Prince Charming on Yahoo Personals the summer of 2002. We lived about 5 miles away from each other in the same quaint town north of Dallas. We dated a year, became engaged, and were married 2004. We don't have children of our own, but 850 each year keeps us entertained with plays, sporting events, concerts, and the periodic middle school dance. :) Don is a pilot and a computer geek, and we travelled to every continent. OMG! We have retired, and we are still traveling. Okay, I'm no longer traveling internationally, kind of. Canada and Mexico is s...Expand for more