Page 4, Portland Observer, September 2. 1987
Nabisco Fellowship Award Enables Teacher to
Visit USSR
“ Everyone in this country is always saying We've got to be as good as
the Russians. We've got to be as good as the Russians.' So I've always
wondered: Are the Russians really that great?"
The woman asking the question is Bobby Robinson, a social studies
teacher at Carver High School.
This month, Robinson is getting the chance to witness firsthand what
Russian life has to offer —thanks to a grant from RJR Nabisco, Inc.
Robinson is one of 15 teachers selected to participate in this year's
RJR Nabisco Fellowship Program, which annually provides $30,000 for
teachers in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools to participate in
professional development programs during the summer months. This is the
28th consecutive year the company has sponsored the program.
Robinson's trip to the Soviet Union, arranged through the Soviet-
American Conference on Comparative Education, is something she has
yearned to do since she read a book about the Russian revolution while in
graduate school.
"I'm very excited," Robinson says. "I'll be going to several places.
Moscow, of course. And I'll be going to Leningrad, and a province in Lithu
ania—a small city called Vilnius."
She'll also be spending a few days in Kishinev, the capital city of the
Modlavian Republic in southwestern Russia.
During her 15 days in the Soviet Union, Robinson will study Soviet
culture and education.
"I'm going to visit a collective farm and attend one of the Russian Bal
lets,’’ she says. "One of the things they're really into is folk art, so I'll have
two days to look at folk art and its influence on Russian culture."
She'll also get the chance to indulge one of her passions—visiting
medieval castles.
"I'm really interested in that part, because in 1975 I had a Reynolds
fellowship and I spent six weeks in Europe. Now I'm interested in seeing
how the castles in the communist country compare to those I saw in
Europe.
"I'm really into architecture," she notes. "I think architecture tells a lot
about culture."
When she returns to school in the fall, Robinson intends to treat her
students and colleagues to an old back-to-school theme—but with a new
twist. This time it will be the teacher telling "H ow I Spent My Summer
Vacation."
She should have a lot to tell.
"Another thing that we'll be doing that seems interesting is seeking an
exhibit of economic and scientific achievement —sort of like a Russian
world's fair," she says. "That's in Moscow.
"The Russians like to parade their achievements, and I'm interested in
seeing what they will consider their greatest achievement in science."
Robinson says she's thankful for the RJR Nabisco program. "It's an
excellent fellowship," she says. "It's a tremendous opportunity for the
teachers in Forsyth County. Reynolds has been very generous to us, and
none of the other major school systems in North Carolina have anything
like it."
She adds that the program benefits teachers and students alike. She
cites an example from her 1975 fellowship in Europe.
"A fter the trip, I had slides to show my students of the places, and I
could talk to them better because I had been there," she says.
"Students feel more in tune when you say. We're going to talk about
Ashley Middle School, who will travel with the Friendship Force to Nairobi,
Kenya, to increase her understanding, knowledge and materials about Afri
can society and culture.
• Ursula Stephens, a reading coordinator at Old Town Elementary
School, who will participate in the Teaching Reading Through Learning
Styles Conference in San Francisco and develop social studies enrichment
materials on regions, geography and cultural diversity.
• Carol Vogler, a social studies teacher at Parkland High School, who
will study anthropology, archaeology, religion and art in Jordan, Syria,
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Bobby Robinson, a social studies teacher at Carver High School, is
one of 15 W inston-S alem /Fosyth C ounty school teachers w ho are
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a $30,000 annual fe llo w s h ip awarded to the school system by RJR
Nabisco, Inc. Robinson's share of the fe llo w s h ip m oney is taking
her to the Soviet Union to study Russian art, a rch itectu re and
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Rome, but let me show you what Rome was like in '75,' " she adds. "I still
use those slides. Then we look at the Roman Empire 2,000 years ago. It's
must more rewarding for the kids, because the minute you tell them you've
been somewhere, it immediately sparks their interest."
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• Judith Briggs, a health occupations teacher at South Park High
School, who will study special education topics through the International
Comparative Education Program at the University of London.
• Alice Dodson, a choral music teacher at Parkland High School, who
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