Personal Narrative: The Rockingham Community College Experience

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My Experience
I believe that when it comes to experiences we all have had an experience where our choices and actions shape who we are and it creates a path. Whether the path is good or bad depends on what the experience is and what you do regarding it but in my life I’ve had some really rough experiences. One of these experiences is choosing the right college to help me with my first step on a journey of a thousand miles. I hope that my experience at the Rockingham Community College will be one I will never forget because I get to make friends, meet new teachers and maybe help others if I can.

That experience started when I graduated from South Stokes and the first thing I asked to myself when I got home was what I planned to do next. The

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