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Friday, December 25, 2009
Online Learning Plays Key role: After juvenile jail, WA woman completes college - SHAWN VESTAL, The Spokesman-Review
But Starcia has been applying her audacity toward other ends lately, at least since her own felony conviction in 2003. Now 22, she's nearing completion of a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at Washington State University. She's held an internship in the Spokane County public defender's office, worked on research projects involving kids in trouble and, most recently, won the Governor's Spirit of Youth award, an annual honor for a young person who overcame long odds. Her story is a testament to the power of refusing to take no for an answer. When she first tried to enroll in an online college class as a juvenile offender, she had to write to a college vice president and plead for special consideration - promising to earn an A. When her ability to continue taking online classes was threatened, she snuck around to get access to e-mail which was prohibited and e-mailed the governor, complaining that the state paid for adult convicts to take online courses but not for juveniles.
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