About

Welcome to Where Is Roberg!

This blog is the best way to keep track of Mr. Roberg during his one year leave of absence! I will be updating this blog periodically for the rest of the year to keep you up-to-date on where I’m traveling and what I’m doing.

Picture of Me This is me - Mr. Roberg.

For more information about what I’m doing, when, and why, check out my early blogs by choosing tags like “background”, “overview”, or “FAQs” under the Categories section to the left.

If you’d like to contact me, I check my school e-mail (robergl@coxsackie-athens.org) regularly. Keep checking back!

A brief history for those who don’t know me:

For those of you who don’t know me, I’m a 9th and 10th grade Global History teacher in Coxsackie, New York in my 10th year of teaching. I am a graduate of Coxsackie-Athens, where I currently teach. Almost everyone in my family is, or has been, a teacher including my grandmother, mother (>30 years), father (>35 years), sister (Ms. Roberg), wife (Mrs. Roberg), 8 brothers- & sisters-in-law, and many family friends. You can say that teaching “runs in the family”!

While attending Union College, I spent 3 months at the Goethe Institut in Freiburg, Germany, where I had some of the best experiences of my life and realized that studying and teaching world history was what I wanted to do for a career. When I returned to Union, I found out that I could go on a second term abroad relatively inexpensively (especially compared to the tuition at Union!). I decided to travel to Japan in order to experience a non-western country, where I didn’t know the language and didn’t fit in, like my grandparents had done before me. I spent 4 months studying at Kansai-Gaidai University and living with a wonderful Japanese family. As a foreigner in a strange land, I experienced what it was like to be illiterate (I still cannot read the most complicated Japanese script, kanji), how it felt be pointed at because I “looked different” than everyone else, and know the frustration of being unable to communicate because of a language barrier.

After gradating from Union College with a Masters degree, I interviewed at 4 different schools. Although it was nowhere in my original plan, Coxsackie happened to be the best fit, and I’ve never regretted my choice. I am thoroughly proud of our school, our community, and our students, and can’t wait to share my experiences from this one year leave of absence with all who are interested.

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27 Responses to “About”

  1.   Mrs. Radez, on January 8th, 2008 at 11:01 am Said:

    Hi Mr. Roberg,

    Have a fun and safe trip! I was wondering if the civil unrest in Pakistan is influencing political thought in India?

    Best wishes from C-A!
    Mrs. Radez

  2.   whereisroberg, on January 8th, 2008 at 11:49 am Said:

    It figures that a Global History teacher would ask such a tough and insightful question! I’ll do my best to find out the answer.

    Thanks for the question and the good wishes,
    Mr. Roberg

  3.   Anonomyus, on January 8th, 2008 at 1:06 pm Said:

    hi mr roberg have fun in india

  4.   Jessica, on January 8th, 2008 at 1:08 pm Said:

    Hi Mr. Roberg
    My name is Jessica and i’m from the high school. My global teacher Mrs. Radez was telling us about your trip and what you are going to do. She left us questions to ask you. I’m not very sure what ’s in India but I want to know all the things you learn from there.
    Hope to get a reply from you soon.

  5.   billy engelhardt, on January 8th, 2008 at 1:10 pm Said:

    what are you looking forward to doing on your trip? what kinds of food do you think they have in India? what do you look forward to learning on your trip?

  6.   Anonoymous, on January 8th, 2008 at 1:10 pm Said:

    hi Mr Roberg!!!
    I hope you have a great time in India. What excites and interests you to go there? I hope yuo have a great time and learn many new, interesting and exciting things.
    Best of luck on your trip!!!

  7.   jennifer lopez.., on January 8th, 2008 at 1:10 pm Said:

    ~heyy boi heyy~
    hope that u have a safe trip….. what is the most diffrent food that u want to eAt there….

  8.   Dan, on January 8th, 2008 at 1:13 pm Said:

    What do people do for fun in India?

  9.   phil, on January 8th, 2008 at 1:14 pm Said:

    hi
    why out of all the other places in the world y would u want to go topindia? i wish to travel some day to .

  10.   Marissa, on January 8th, 2008 at 1:14 pm Said:

    Hi. I hope you have a good vacation adn learn many new and intersting things. What interested you to go to India?
    Have a great trip

  11.   Rachel, on January 8th, 2008 at 1:16 pm Said:

    Hmm India. I hear thee water is nasty. I think you should bring agua with you or something. What’s up with them being all obsessed with cows? Not that I have anything against cows I mean they’re cool and all, but not exactly holy.

  12.   Carly, on January 8th, 2008 at 1:18 pm Said:

    Have a good vacation. What is the education like in Inda?

  13.   steve, on January 8th, 2008 at 1:18 pm Said:

    what’s the currency in india

    have a good trip

  14.   Amanda, on January 8th, 2008 at 1:43 pm Said:

    How is the weather? What do you plan on seeing in India?

  15.   Catie, on January 8th, 2008 at 1:48 pm Said:

    Dear Mr. Roberg,

    What kind of clothes do the people wear there? how is the weather?

    Have fun,
    Catie.

  16.   Anna Santiago, on January 8th, 2008 at 1:49 pm Said:

    Hi Mr.Roberg. How is your trip??? Do people in India speak a different languages?? How is the weather??

  17.   mike mittler, on January 8th, 2008 at 1:53 pm Said:

    dear mr roberg,

    how are you doing? i am sure you are going to have a safe trip. how many people speak english in india? india has got to be a special place to visit.

    have a good trip.

  18.   Brian Bishop, on January 8th, 2008 at 1:53 pm Said:

    Dear Mr. Roberg,
    How are you doing? I hope that you have a safe trip to India. I want to know a few things about India and the people. What is their biggest city or port? How many people speak English there? What kind of foods do they eat? What food do you think is really odd? What kind of clothing do the people where? How many languages do they have, if they have more than one?

  19.   Mike, on January 8th, 2008 at 2:01 pm Said:

    have fun on your trip to India. If it isnt too much trouble, i’d like to know about the culture of India and what there government is like

  20.   Tyler Yonkers, on January 8th, 2008 at 2:08 pm Said:

    Dear Mr. Roberg, have fun & be safe in India. How long is the trip to India? What is the largest city in India? I wish you the best of luck in India.

  21.   Craig Giordano, on January 8th, 2008 at 2:11 pm Said:

    HIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! how is the trip? You had my sister Jaymie Giordano (graduated last year)

  22.   Bethany, on January 8th, 2008 at 2:13 pm Said:

    hola,

    i hope you are having fun in india. it sounds like a fun place to go! yay india! : ] have you gotten sunburn? it is icky. try not to get it.
    have fun
    bethany busanic

  23.   Kerri Guarascio, on January 11th, 2008 at 12:45 pm Said:

    Hello, I hope you remember me I am your wife’s friend from College and Commack. I just wanted to send you a message Best wishes on your adventure and stay safe. I look forward to reading all about it.

  24.   Rachel, on January 30th, 2008 at 1:20 pm Said:

    Dear Mister Roberg,

    Hi, hows india? I really appretiate you taking time out of your day to write blogs, I wish there were monkeys on the roofs here (:

    My Reply
    Me too, Rachel! Monkeys are such interesting animals.

    Flat Kat doesn’t like them too much, but I do. Of course he says that he deals with enough monkeys all day in Mrs. McIlroy’s class!! :)

  25.   jake, on January 30th, 2008 at 1:59 pm Said:

    Who do you want to win the superbowl?

    GO GIANTS!!!!

  26.   Kyle, on January 31st, 2008 at 8:48 am Said:

    Hey Mr. Roberg,

    So how’s your time in India ? I hope its fun and i can’t imagine the tremendous heat you guys are getting. The food there looks really good and i wish i had the recipies for it.

    Hope you have an amazing trip over there.

  27.   gabrielle and dana, on January 31st, 2008 at 8:58 am Said:

    Looks like your having tons of fun. Hope to see you soon!

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