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	<title>Constructing Kasun, Educator &#187; kasun</title>
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	<description>Chronicling the construction/deconstruction of a doctoral student of education's journey</description>
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		<title>(Ir)resolution and performance</title>
		<link>http://kasun.edublogs.org/2009/12/03/irresolution-and-performance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday&#8217;s performance:  Met with a teacher who was very upset about the headbands and feathers (they were, according to him, &#8220;developmentally appropriate&#8221; and evidently approved by the school).  Wondered about power dynamics with his being male and and my somewhat liminal positioning as facilitator who is not yet Dr. Anyone and still working underneath the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disconnections</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:29:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The  headbands and feathers as curriculum about Native Americans drama continues&#8211;suffice it to say the principal (she&#8217;s actually called CEO, reflective of our turn toward privatizing education in the U.S.) at the elementary school is now involved.  That&#8217;s about all I can say; I&#8217;ve entered the political waters of not being able to bring this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unglamorous complications</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:33:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kasun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dinner with a former student from China (who I taught in China and is currently in the business school here at UT for a semester from her master&#8217;s program in Switzerland).  &#8221;So do teachers make much money in the US?&#8221;  Well, no.  &#8221;But professors make good money, right?&#8221;  Well, if you&#8217;re in the law school, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All eyes, all hands</title>
		<link>http://kasun.edublogs.org/2009/11/16/all-eyes-all-hands/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kasun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was at McKinney Falls State Park this weekend and desperately looking for signs of change of color in the leaves&#8211;anything that resembled a change of season beyond a drop in temperature.
Taking my bike with the 25 mph chilly gusts to the elementary school inspires today&#8217;s post.  Abundant sunshine, air, and the mess I see.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Silence and Speaking</title>
		<link>http://kasun.edublogs.org/2009/11/13/silence-and-speaking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:16:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kasun</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My silence about my program here is because I feel I have to be silent.  There are too many things I can&#8217;t say.  It&#8217;s like a novel without an ending, or a deeply unsatisfying one whose characters leave the reader with ambivalence.
But this doesn&#8217;t mean I can&#8217;t speak about other issues.  So, for anyone subscribing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some of My Process as Student</title>
		<link>http://kasun.edublogs.org/2009/03/19/some-of-my-process-as-student/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 06:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kasun</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>

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There are sometimes mundane aspects of being a student which are so common but often undiscussed.  Here I&#8217;ll illuminate a few of those.
Reading: I know I mention it a lot.  But each week I print off several pages of readings when I am not reading actual books.  Sometimes the stack for one week is so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spring</title>
		<link>http://kasun.edublogs.org/2009/03/17/spring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kasun</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Doctoral work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>

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A couple good folks asked recently for an update.  Thank you for coming back, reader.
The middle school where I run an advisory program is so engrossed in test preparations (you know, US &#8220;gotcha&#8221; testing based on business models of accountability) that I was directed to write my advisory lesson plans to help students prep additionally. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Because Korean Fulbright Teachers Want to Know&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://kasun.edublogs.org/2009/01/13/because-korean-fulbright-teachers-want-to-know/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:58:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kasun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Avuxeni, thanks for your comments&#8211;I wrote down all the questions from yesterday&#8217;s group and asked their permission to include them in this post.  They agreed.
Here are the questions my 12 students asked yesterday about US Public Education&#8211;I was hungry to get at the answers to these questions and impressed by the teachers&#8217; thoughtfulness:
How do we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just What Is American Education?</title>
		<link>http://kasun.edublogs.org/2009/01/10/just-what-is-american-education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kasun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve taught the Korean Fulbright teachers three times now (two separate groups).  I am impressed at their self-discipline and curiosity.  Despite jetlag and overall fatigue from the rigors of the program, they are in class, on-time, every day.  I find myself enjoying the teaching (and the professionalism and insights of the other staff at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turning a Corner</title>
		<link>http://kasun.edublogs.org/2009/01/06/turning-a-corner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:54:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kasun</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today I have positive energy.  Spirit has moved me, so I&#8217;m writing again.
Students are back at the middle school.  I&#8217;m not there, but I just talked to the guidance counselor who I work closely with.  Polite as he is, I gathered in our two minutes and eight seconds of conversation that he and the guidance [...]]]></description>
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