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    Use Big Words

    Yago Cura; Credit: Eric Pearse Chávez Professor Yago Cura is helping inmates in LA County jails earn their high school diploma. His advice for when they leave jail, "Use big words!" (This segment originally aired on Sonic Trace on August 11, 2014.)

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    Dec 9, 2014 • 1 min read

    Yago Cura; Credit: Eric Pearse Chávez

    Professor Yago Cura is helping inmates in LA County jails earn their high school diploma. His advice for when they leave jail, "Use big words!"

    (This segment originally aired on Sonic Trace on August 11, 2014.)

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