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Chapter 5 College

I attended New River Community College in Dublin, Virginia for two and half years. I visited the campus several times at the end of my senior year and during the summer to become comfortable with the transition. I met with a counselor who saw that I had test accommodations. I went to the counseling center to take my tests and I used a tape recorder in class. I went to academic assistance from time to time, they tutored me in some of my classes, and I did homework there sometimes so I would not have to worry about doing it at home. I listened to my tape recorder and used my note cards so I would make good grades on my test. I had a counselor to read my tests to me because I needed a quiet place to take my tests. The most humorous thing that happened at the community college was that one time my teacher got a haircut and I looked at her kind of funny and asked her about her haircut and she told me about it. I told her that I did not like it. The good news was that she thought that it was funny; it did not hurt her feelings. That same teacher and I always hugged each other and began on a positive note every day.

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