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		<title>For those who are denied&#8230;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the well-being of those individuals in Iran who are vilified in their school by their classmates and teachers, are denied access to higher education, are arrested for providing education programs for underprivileged children, or are imprisoned for coordinating such programs, the following needs to be posted and read by all. BAHÁ’Í INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY United [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=exploringeducation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1282756&amp;post=42&amp;subd=exploringeducation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Edify: to instruct and improve.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first semester of my two years at the Graduate School of Education is under way. The class Development of Ideas in Physical Science paired with being a teaching assistant for Physics for the Sciences is the main point of my current academic, career-oriented learning. The dozen or so of us in the 2010 contingent [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=exploringeducation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1282756&amp;post=40&amp;subd=exploringeducation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Orleans</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First as an update, I am having my second experience as a summer researcher with the University of Minnesota&#8217;s Materials Research Sceicne and Engineering Center. My assigned experiment, which is on electrowetting on an ion gel, is rather fascinating, but it only matters to me in that it will allow me to convey certain concepts [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=exploringeducation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1282756&amp;post=39&amp;subd=exploringeducation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Next Steps Are Becoming Clearer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:43:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Rutgers Graduate School of Education has allowed me to enter their science education program beginning in the fall. The default is physics certification, but I will aiming for the chemistry requirements of the more general physical science education. As soon as possible, I hope to take A Discourse on Social Action, an online course [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=exploringeducation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1282756&amp;post=36&amp;subd=exploringeducation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Written in the Hour before Class</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leif</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After finishing the this week’s readings (or skimming the last two), I was a pleasantly surprised to see that I am capable of writing the assignment so quickly. If you are how I was, you find great pain and extreme difficulty in (1) sitting down, (2) starting to write, (3) writing the first word, (4) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=exploringeducation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1282756&amp;post=35&amp;subd=exploringeducation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Graduate School of Education Essay</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have applied to the five-year masters in physical science education (plus teacher certification) program in Graduate School of Eduction at Rutgers University. I expect to receive a decision sometime next month. Below is the personal statement from my application. Note that it reveals why the quotation above subtitles this blog. While it is not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=exploringeducation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1282756&amp;post=34&amp;subd=exploringeducation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Confirm It’s Legit before You Spit</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recurrent theme in some recent conoversations has been the contrast of approaches to education and thought in the East and West: holisitc and integrated vs. linear and fragmented. For example, consider someone making a business proposal as explained to me by my step-brother. An American might be more prone to present a linear argument [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=exploringeducation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1282756&amp;post=32&amp;subd=exploringeducation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Affirmative Segregation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2007 04:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leif</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[affirmative action]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Affirmative action had its place.&#8221; Some are determined to keep that sentence in the past tense. On July 28, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against public school districts using race as a factor in assigning students to schools. See story. The ruling prohibits affirmative action in K-12 schools, but expressly allows it in higher education. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=exploringeducation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1282756&amp;post=17&amp;subd=exploringeducation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 22:33:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leif</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For some time I have been wanting to find a group of people with whom to discuss the revolutionary changes in the process of education. Still seeking such, I will begin sharing my learning about present condition and, more importantly, the latent potential of education systems around the world. We are all aware of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=exploringeducation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1282756&amp;post=9&amp;subd=exploringeducation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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