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The controversial New College of Florida has announced a new two-year liberal arts degree, and it will be open to students anywhere through distance learning.
But it was a great relief for us because we'd been pulling our hair out for five or six years and you realize you can do social clues. anyone with a son or daughter with asperger's, keep them away from video games and tv as much as possible. make them interact, teach the social clues and cues because it really makes a huge difference. andrew, i have seen such an awakening in andrew. you know, we were told by one person that when andrew was in middle school, he wouldn't graduate from high school probably. >> i heard that too. >> andrew graduated from high school. he went to junior college. he g...
The community. clearly we're not doing our jobs. either we've got to put them away or find a way to rehabilitate them and not just let them run wild. >> larry: vernell, are you optimistic or pessimistic? >> over 800 previously incarcerated people i recruited, a young lady living in her car with her infant child in east oakland. three years after we enrolled her in college, she was just accepted as she graduated with her aa degree this june. now accepted, and starting in august at cal berkeley. so i know that we can transform them, if we invest the time and the effort to give these people an op...
Oakland. three years after we enrolled her in college, just accepted, graduated with her aa degree in june, now accepted and starting in august at cal-berkeley. so i know that we can transform them, if we invest the time and the effort to give these people an opportunity. >> larry: well said. dog what do you think? >> i'm living the experience. i think, larry, we've filmed 200 shows with a & e and 45% of people that have been a victim of the show or a victim of dog have got jobs. the other 60% or either still doing time or breaking the law, but they got jobs. they were humiliated on television...
Don't have to stand in the corner. they get jaded, think the system is so stupid, think we can get away with it. guys with the record an arm long, how did they get out that many times and keep victimizing the community. we're not doing our jobs. put them away or rehabilitation them and not let them ride wild. >> bernard, optimistic or pessimistic? >> over 800 previously incarcerated people i recruited, a young lady living in her car with her infant child in east oakland. three years after we enrolled her in college, just accepted, graduated with her aa degree in june, now accepted and starting...