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Robinson attended the University of Auburn and Birmingham Southern for her undergraduate degree, and then returned back to Auburn for her masters degree. Robinson grew up in central Florida and gained a love for the French language at a young age. \u201cFrench has always been my thing from junior high on\u201d, said Robinson. \u201cI was lucky to have such a great teacher in the 8th grade to help me learn French\u201d. Prior to her time at Pace, she lived in Birmingham and in Amsterdam for 2 years. She also taught at Lovett for 7 years but is \u201cdefinitely Pace blue at heart\u201d, said Robinson. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Robinson will miss most all of the smiling faces walking around. \u201cIt has been really gratifying working at Pace. There has been students who have come back after graduating and tell me that they are continuing with French in college or minoring in it or using it in a number of different ways and that\u2019s super exciting\u201d, said Robinson. \u201cI will miss lots of things about this special place, I have just really really enjoyed my time here and how I have been able to make a difference for a number of students and that makes me happy.\u201d Robinson will also miss all of the wonderful traditions in the Upper School like Great American Picnic Day that always takes place at the end of the year with a cookout, water fights and dodge ball. \u201cGAP is a really happy day, and the kids really enjoy it, and everyone is just in complete joy\u201d, said Robinson. \u201cI will also miss seeing the senior pranks. My favorite one was when the senior class put all of the desks from the classroom onto the front lawn. Luckily someone carefully numbered the desks with their corresponding room. It was just pretty funny.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Robinson wants to leave students with one last piece of advice before leaving: \u201cI love the sign on Ms. Barbakow\u2019s door that says \u201cBe kind and do good\u201d. Always work hard and be nice to people. It\u2019s real simple. You usually receive back what ever you\u2019re getting.\u201d Robinson also said to \u201cshow people grace because you never know what someone is going through\u201d. Ms. Robinson also wants to share her favorite quote that has stuck with her. The quote is from Saint-Exupery from the Little Prince: \u201cYou only see well with your heart what is essential and most important is invisible to the eye.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Pace, Robinson looks forward to not getting up super early every day. She wants to travel, read lots of books, spend time with her daughter and take tai chi. \u201cBeyond those things I haven\u2019t really planned. I\u2019m going to let things settle and figure out the rest\u201d said Robinson. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“She taught me so much, and I loved having her class freshmen and senior year. She was an amazing teacher, and I will miss her so much,” said senior Eloise Gaudet. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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