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Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Thanks to online learning, he’s graduating, and didn’t spend a day in class - Emily Richmond, Las Vegas Sun
When 18-year-old Matt Sosa graduates this spring, he will do so without having attended even one class at a bricks-and-mortar high school. Instead, he’s spent the past four years downloading his teachers’ lectures onto his home computer, participating in group discussions via live chat rooms and e-mailing his homework. Sosa will be the first graduate of the Clark County School District’s Virtual High School to complete grades 9-12 through the program. Virtual learning isn’t for every student, Sosa said. “You may spend less time in class, but it takes a lot more dedication,” Sosa said. “You can fall behind so quickly. You don’t have a teacher there every day telling you to get stuff done. It takes a certain level of self-discipline.”
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