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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.