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involvement'/><category term='reform symposium'/><category term='random thought'/><category term='shame'/><category term='new teachers'/><category term='procedures'/><category term='homework'/><category term='thankful thursday'/><category term='spreadsheet'/><category term='gifted education'/><category term='social address booking'/><category term='iPaper'/><category term='oragami'/><category term='TOD Talks'/><category term='educational technology'/><category term='powerslides'/><category term='photo radar'/><category term='NPR'/><category term='hype'/><category term='science'/><category term='techno-world'/><category term='teachers unions'/><category term='linux'/><category term='8th Grade: 1st Quarter'/><category term='teachers'/><category term='research'/><category term='students'/><category term='politics'/><category term='tutorial'/><category term='really great'/><category term='podcastmetaphor'/><category term='podcastrethink'/><category term='Theory and Practice'/><category term='journey'/><category term='television'/><category term='school climate'/><category term='kindle'/><category term='mclearning'/><category term='parents'/><category term='gertrude'/><category term='Seventh Grade'/><category term='race to the top'/><category term='mud'/><category term='jobs'/><category term='wisdom'/><category term='food'/><category term='tom horne'/><category term='edison projectors'/><category term='tagging'/><category term='sketchyvideo'/><category term='sustainable start'/><category term='No Child Left Behind'/><category term='satire'/><category term='reasons'/><category term='the office'/><category term='money'/><title type='text'>Comments on Education Rethink: Nativity: The Chaos and the Context</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.educationrethink.com/feeds/3380474142226968715/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6199417384928500542/3380474142226968715/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.educationrethink.com/2011/12/nativity-chaos-and-context.html'/><author><name>John T. Spencer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10956056168256756705</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_kbllks1dVE/TjHa8-AZa5I/AAAAAAAAGDU/KdJmpR8FQiE/s220/photo%2B%252829%2529.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199417384928500542.post-3517326109408363288</id><published>2011-12-22T08:02:23.092-07:00</published><updated>2011-12-22T08:02:23.092-07:00</updated><title type='text'>No problem! Thanks for the kind words!</title><content type='html'>No problem! Thanks for the kind words!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6199417384928500542/3380474142226968715/comments/default/3517326109408363288'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6199417384928500542/3380474142226968715/comments/default/3517326109408363288'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.educationrethink.com/2011/12/nativity-chaos-and-context.html?showComment=1324566143092#c3517326109408363288' title=''/><author><name>John T. Spencer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10956056168256756705</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14007313102103164070'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_kbllks1dVE/TjHa8-AZa5I/AAAAAAAAGDU/KdJmpR8FQiE/s220/photo%2B%252829%2529.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.educationrethink.com/2011/12/nativity-chaos-and-context.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199417384928500542.post-3380474142226968715' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6199417384928500542/posts/default/3380474142226968715' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1888904661'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199417384928500542.post-5201368503620142211</id><published>2011-12-22T08:01:34.421-07:00</published><updated>2011-12-22T08:01:34.421-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sorry ... John! :-)  I got caught up in the readin...</title><content type='html'>Sorry ... John! :-)  I got caught up in the reading.  Merry Christmas.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6199417384928500542/3380474142226968715/comments/default/5201368503620142211'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6199417384928500542/3380474142226968715/comments/default/5201368503620142211'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.educationrethink.com/2011/12/nativity-chaos-and-context.html?showComment=1324566094421#c5201368503620142211' title=''/><author><name>Sylvia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09589187474768950585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hheU2x04Hc0/TYAOEhcgW1I/AAAAAAAAAAc/9om040i7VRw/s220/Sylvia.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.educationrethink.com/2011/12/nativity-chaos-and-context.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199417384928500542.post-3380474142226968715' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6199417384928500542/posts/default/3380474142226968715' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1636791119'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199417384928500542.post-4040141310109411306</id><published>2011-12-22T08:00:46.389-07:00</published><updated>2011-12-22T08:00:46.389-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Scott ...
I found your post through a tweet ... th...</title><content type='html'>Scott ...&lt;br /&gt;I found your post through a tweet ... thank you for the context - beautifully spoken on the page - and for writing the words that I&amp;#39;ve been feeling as well.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6199417384928500542/3380474142226968715/comments/default/4040141310109411306'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6199417384928500542/3380474142226968715/comments/default/4040141310109411306'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.educationrethink.com/2011/12/nativity-chaos-and-context.html?showComment=1324566046389#c4040141310109411306' title=''/><author><name>Sylvia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09589187474768950585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hheU2x04Hc0/TYAOEhcgW1I/AAAAAAAAAAc/9om040i7VRw/s220/Sylvia.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.educationrethink.com/2011/12/nativity-chaos-and-context.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199417384928500542.post-3380474142226968715' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6199417384928500542/posts/default/3380474142226968715' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1636791119'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199417384928500542.post-8888080058535030355</id><published>2011-12-22T07:50:52.726-07:00</published><updated>2011-12-22T07:50:52.726-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear Scott,
Thanks for the kind words. I think it&amp;...</title><content type='html'>Dear Scott,&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for the kind words. I think it&amp;#39;s the story that resonates so powerfully with this season. I get it. Jesus might not have been born at this time. But the story fits with our need for hope in the dead of winter.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6199417384928500542/3380474142226968715/comments/default/8888080058535030355'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6199417384928500542/3380474142226968715/comments/default/8888080058535030355'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.educationrethink.com/2011/12/nativity-chaos-and-context.html?showComment=1324565452726#c8888080058535030355' title=''/><author><name>John T. Spencer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10956056168256756705</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14007313102103164070'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_kbllks1dVE/TjHa8-AZa5I/AAAAAAAAGDU/KdJmpR8FQiE/s220/photo%2B%252829%2529.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.educationrethink.com/2011/12/nativity-chaos-and-context.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199417384928500542.post-3380474142226968715' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6199417384928500542/posts/default/3380474142226968715' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1888904661'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199417384928500542.post-5417740259232430274</id><published>2011-12-22T06:54:23.255-07:00</published><updated>2011-12-22T06:54:23.255-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Some powerful words here, John. You captured some ...</title><content type='html'>Some powerful words here, John. You captured some of the feelings I&amp;#39;ve been having...and some of the reflections I need to have. Thanks.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6199417384928500542/3380474142226968715/comments/default/5417740259232430274'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6199417384928500542/3380474142226968715/comments/default/5417740259232430274'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.educationrethink.com/2011/12/nativity-chaos-and-context.html?showComment=1324562063255#c5417740259232430274' title=''/><author><name>Scott</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11397525011462974857</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5NOHV1CNptg/Tuv_CGQBM8I/AAAAAAAACOc/7X9BPIGlN7I/s220/wileyBWsmall.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.educationrethink.com/2011/12/nativity-chaos-and-context.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199417384928500542.post-3380474142226968715' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6199417384928500542/posts/default/3380474142226968715' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1341844353'/></entry></feed>
