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August 2011

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April 2011

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Master's Degree Colloquium Inquiry - 3:30pm 4/7/11 →

Want to watch my Master’s Degree Inquiry? It’s streaming live at 3:30pm EST. I’ll be talking about the teaching I’ve been doing this past year and discussing a research project I did. Feel free to check it out! skip “streaming live” burns http://www.ustream.tv/channel/inquiry-presentation-april-7th-2011

March 2011

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neat WSJ article about gender →

well today is international women’s day and it is women’s history month so this is a bit extra intriguing skip “think in plural” burns

January 2011

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what do you actually learn in college? ... →

This book by some sociologists argue that not much learning takes place in colleges. I gotta read this book. I really hope it is not true. skip “graffiti worth reading ” burns

November 2010

2 posts

“To lead the people, walk behind them”

more u.s. students taking gap year break →

this article outlines how more people are taking gap years to recharge for college after a brutal and rigorous high school schedule. great article skip “and it has punctuation” burns

October 2010

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September 2010

4 posts

The overblown crisis in American education →

great article with lots of interesting points. not sure if I entirely agree, but I recommend reading this nonetheless. skip “take a gap year” burns alexainslie: ” … We have a lot of recent experience with breaking apart large, old, unlovely systems in the confidence of gaining great benefits at low cost. We deregulated the banking system. We tried to remake Iraq. In education, we...

Great gap year article →

Has some very nice links to other studies and data about gap years. I like the story about a student who traveled and lived in Vietnam named, Aliza. That’s something I’ve never done and it sounds really cool. happy gapping skip “mad ups” burns

August 2010

2 posts

What is it about 20-somethings? →

This article by Robin Marantz Henig is fairly long but also very interesting. It is talks about how people in their 20s seem to be meandering and not settling down and what that might mean. Some dude named Jefferey Jensen Arnett (a professor from Clark University) has coined the term “emerging adulthood” and it is apparently catching on in the field of developmental psychology. ...

“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though...”

– Theodore Roosevelt

July 2010

2 posts

thisiswhywelive asked: i am a rising senior in high school and i'm considering taking a gap year after i graduate and serving for the nccc americorps. i feel the need to leave northern virginia and do something productive for those who really need it. i want to gain more life experiences and meet people from across the boarder.
my question is what are the things i need to pay out of my own pocket while...

Awesome Boston Globe Article on Gap Years →

June 2010

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May 2010

6 posts

HELP AMERICORPS ALUMS →

Just visit www.refresheverything.com/americorpsalums and vote to help give AmeriCorps Alums $50K to help build healthy communities. It’s so easy and you can do it every day skip “getting things done” burns

April 2010

9 posts

Currently at $456...only $2,544 to go! Help... →

Free Gap Year Info Session in Nashua, NH Tuesday... →

March 2010

21 posts

“you’re like a friendship spider”

– Katie Poor - my friend who was commenting on my ability to connect people

I got into Grad School

Want to hear something cool? I just got a voicemail saying that I got into Grad School at Brandeis University’s Heller School…now if I can just find out about that financial aid skip “apparently more intelligent then previously thought” burns