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	<title>Grad School: Learning My Way Through Life</title>
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		<title>Winding Down</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2007 13:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So the first year is finally coming to a close and I am one final away from being totally finished with it all.  As I am beginning to wind down and getting ready for summer, I find myself planning ahead, trying to make sure I complete all the things I have to finish before getting [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gradportaljason.wordpress.com&blog=471902&post=42&subd=gradportaljason&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Approval</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So one of the major things that has happened to me in the past month or so is that I had to go through the process of getting my study approved by the IRB.  The IRB is the Institutional Review Board, which every academic institution has and it is designed to make sure that the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gradportaljason.wordpress.com&blog=471902&post=41&subd=gradportaljason&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Beginning My Own Research</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I have begun the process of collecting data for my Master’s Thesis and I am in the process of getting the early stages of the proposal for the actual paper all squared away.  All seems to be going well but it is a little surreal to actually be in the middle of conducting my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gradportaljason.wordpress.com&blog=471902&post=40&subd=gradportaljason&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Before Going On</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jasonrivera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven’t written in a long time because I have become exceedingly busy with work and such.  These are all things that I thought were very worrisome and required all my attention, making drop off the planet to friends, family, and this blog.  But then something absolutely chilling happens and reminds you of the trivial [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gradportaljason.wordpress.com&blog=471902&post=39&subd=gradportaljason&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Things Done</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2007 18:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One might assume that getting research done in grad school would be relatively easy considering that is what grad school is meant for in large part.  However, you may be surprised at the obstacles that are placed in the way of a good idea and actually getting to conduct research.  Obviously, there are reasons for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gradportaljason.wordpress.com&blog=471902&post=38&subd=gradportaljason&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>3/4</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:03:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am ¾ of the way done with my first year in grad school.  I never thought it would have happened so fast.  It doesn’t feel like I graduated from undergrad almost a year ago.  I still remember getting into grad school like it was yesterday when it fact it has been about a year [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gradportaljason.wordpress.com&blog=471902&post=37&subd=gradportaljason&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spring Break</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So my Spring Break has come and gone and now I am back into the mix of things.  But I tell you, my Spring Break was great.  I didn’t go anywhere special or do anything out of the ordinary for myself.  All I did was relax and reflect back on what has been going on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gradportaljason.wordpress.com&blog=471902&post=36&subd=gradportaljason&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Life Comes at You Fast</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some may have noticed an absence from my blogging duties as of late but it was for a reason that I think I have mentioned before, and if not, I have meant to mention it.  Life happens and there really isn’t any controlling it.  You just have to ride the wave and hope you don’t [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gradportaljason.wordpress.com&blog=471902&post=35&subd=gradportaljason&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thriving on Stress</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:15:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have come to realize that I am a person who thrives on stress.  I think I have known this for a while but I really do believe that graduate school has shown me just how well I do when I am under stress or pressure of some sort.  This is not a call for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gradportaljason.wordpress.com&blog=471902&post=34&subd=gradportaljason&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Other Side of the Desk</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:38:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I noted earlier, I have begun teaching a statistics course at my old undergraduate university.  This is my first real experience teaching people en masse.  It has been an interesting experience to say the least that I am glad I am learning sooner rather than later.  Based on my experiences so far, anyone considering [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gradportaljason.wordpress.com&blog=471902&post=33&subd=gradportaljason&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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