Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Introduction

Welcome to my blog.  My name is Robin Kratina and I am a teacher at Bellevue West High School.  I teach Psychology AP and Economics, along with Social Studies electives.  My electives teaching assignments change from year to year, sometimes from semester to semester, good thing I'm a Gemini.

I'm a Maverick.  I have two undergraduate degrees and a master's degree from UNO.  My sister and brother both attended UNO as did my children, so I guess we're kind of a UNO family.  Teaching is a second career for me and I love it!  I was a Sheriff's Deputy in Sarpy County, Nebraska for 21 years.  I really enjoyed by law enforcement career. I worked with some amazing and highly professional people.  I learned a lot about the law and a lot about people. 

I am married and have three grown children.  I have a dog, a Jack Russell Terrier named Molly.  She is really smart and she loves to learn too. 

I would like to use this blog to communicate with my students.  Particularly my Psychology AP students.  This is my first attempt at something like this.  I am very comfortable with a PC, because that is what I have been exposed to, but I have also used Macs.  I have a FB page for my students as well as a personal one.  I live by my Blackberry.  But I still don't consider myself "tech savvy", so bear with me as I learn.