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	<description>Chronicling the construction/deconstruction of a doctoral student of education's journey</description>
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		<title>Unglamorous complications</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:33:38 +0000</pubDate>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:16:43 +0000</pubDate>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 06:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kasun</dc:creator>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:54:32 +0000</pubDate>
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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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		<title>Looking Back, Part II</title>
		<link>http://kasun.edublogs.org/2009/01/05/looking-back-part-ii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:53:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kasun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a smattering of observations from last semester&#8217;s work here and how it felt.  They&#8217;re some final reflections before other activities drive my attention elsewhere (I&#8217;m about to go to the Opening Ceremony for the Korean Fulbright teachers I&#8217;ll be teaching over the next several weeks, for example).
I never took a day off.  Not. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Assessment&#8211;Clear as Mud</title>
		<link>http://kasun.edublogs.org/2008/12/29/assessment-clear-as-mud/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kasun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like using a high-currency education word start.  I&#8217;ll assess my measurable goals (SMART goals?) and then quantify these measurements.
Not really.  The funny thing&#8211;coming to study at the University of Texas isn&#8217;t quantifiable.  What would I measure?  My GPA?  Hours spent paper writing?
Things are about as clear as mud.  I like the challenges of being [...]]]></description>
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