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Personal Narrative: Climbing Mt. Everest

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My educational experience at NCC has been like climbing Mt. Everest. Climbing Mt. Everest is a challenge, and the greatest one is to leave my comfort zone by taking arduous classes. There were storms that made me want to give up, but no matter how horrendous the thunders were, I kept moving forward. These complex junctures were where I thought I could not continue advancing, but I had professors who had gone through comparable struggles and had achieved their intent, showing that I could as well. NCC made possible to defeat my struggles. When I struggled academically, the tutoring center always had someone to help in improving my grades. When I struggled financially, Norwalk Community College Foundation lightened my financial burden, enabling

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