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Showing posts with label felons in college. Show all posts
Showing posts with label felons in college. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Risking Rejection

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When your in grad school, a ton of opportunities come through your email on a regular basis. Some are sent college wide, some to just the st...
Friday, October 31, 2014

The "F" Word

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It's so freeing being able to talk openly with everyone about being a felon. Last night in class, a student made a comment that felons c...
Thursday, October 9, 2014

A Kindred Spirit

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My new CJ friend sent me a PDF of a book chapter that she thought I may like. She said my story reminded me of the author of on of the non-f...
Sunday, September 28, 2014

Sentencing Guidelines

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I'm on a group project looking at sentencing guidelines from a historical perspective, pros and cons, etc. - mostly from state perspecti...
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Monday, September 15, 2014

Weekend Failure

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I'm not sure I should call my weekend a failure. I crossed many things off my to-do list. I've been excitedly planning for my weeken...
Tuesday, September 9, 2014

You'd Do That For Me?

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I guess prison really did change me. Before I went, I still had fear of authority. Before I went, I would reluctantly walk up to a professor...
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Thursday, September 4, 2014

"I Want to Investigate Money Crimes"

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It was a really, really long day. I'm not complaining. I wouldn't change a thing. I'm happy and have so much to be grateful for....
Wednesday, September 3, 2014

When it All Fits Together

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Today was a really long day. Superdog had me awake before 8am and I was trying to sleep in because I knew my day was going to do late. No lu...

6,000 Steps in an Hour

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I'm still wearing my fitbit flex. I do not always get to 10,000 steps, but I try. Today, though, was a running errands around campus day...
Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Labor Day

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So how does a graduate student spend Labor Day? At the library of course! The campus library was open for five hours today, which allowed me...
Friday, August 29, 2014

Blogging

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I need to be honest. I almost didn't blog today. I just wasn't sure what to write about. There's the topic of home confinement a...
Thursday, August 28, 2014

My First Real Criminal Justice Class

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There are three areas that criminal justice programs tend to cover broadly - policing, courts, and incarceration. To say that I have a real ...

Exactly Where I Should Be

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There were several moments of pause for me today. Two professors decided that since I am not yet an official phd student in the department, ...
Wednesday, August 27, 2014

The 11th Hour

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There have been moments this year when I started to question myself, especially lately, am I holding out for something that is just not mean...
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Friday, August 22, 2014

Step 7

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"7. Humbly asked God (of our understanding) to remove our shortcomings." Step seven in gamblers anonymous (and most 12 step progra...
Wednesday, August 20, 2014

One Year

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Today marks the one year anniversary of the day I self-surrendered to FMC Carswell. Every moment of the day is still so vivid in my mind. Th...
Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Not on My Timeline

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I put it out there on Facebook this morning... today was the deadline. It really is a deadline. Today is the absolute deadline for hiring Fa...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014

It's up to the Grad School

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It was only eight months ago that the grad school of this University sent me a letter informing me that my admission was being revoked. This...
Thursday, August 7, 2014

Letting the Control Go

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My struggle, as with so many others, is trying to control things that are simply outside my control - which entails all people, places, and ...

Why I didn't blog yesterday and am instead doing it at 3am

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Yesterday was a typical day for someone with HIGH ANXIETY! Okay, I have not heard from my school yet. My boss is pushing me because she need...