EVOLVING NOTES

Ideas I am still working through.

Reading, teaching, and fieldwork have changed some of my questions. These notes record where my thinking stands now.

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Questions drawn from ENTEN and Ngọc Linh

Hoang’s working notes · translated and edited

01 · WHAT COUNTS AS PROGRESS?

Was helping students enter specialized schools the endpoint?

ENTEN began with a clear goal. Then I wondered what our work meant for a student who remained curious and persistent but did not get the admission result they hoped for. If I created a test to identify those qualities, would I simply be replacing one score with another?

01 · WHAT COUNTS AS PROGRESS?

Was helping students enter specialized schools the endpoint?

02 · WHO GETS HEARD?

“their voice holds the same weight as mine”

I wrote this about working with a team. At Ngọc Linh, listening required something more: noticing when my instructions were unclear, when a student needed time, and when my own experience was a poor guide to theirs. I am still learning how to make room for answers different from the ones I expected.

02 · WHO GETS HEARD?

“their voice holds the same weight as mine”

03 · THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW ME HOME

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I watch Eurovision for the music, but the votes catch my attention too. Why do the patterns change so much from one year to another? I would like to explore that question through mathematics someday. For now, it is a curiosity I keep returning to.

I see myself as a counselor, listener and supporter, who is reliable, concerned.

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