Randolph Community College Excellence Award Winner: "My Success Began with Failure"

Sophia resident Donna Reynolds Camp said she always regretted quitting high school. "It was the biggest mistake of my life," said Camp recently after reaching an academic milestone following her decision to go back to school. She was named Randolph Community College's Academic Excellence Award winner for 2010 and represented RCC at the North Carolina Community College System Excellence Event in Raleigh recently.

"Growing up, I always felt like a failure," said Camp, whose home life included an abusive father. She was even bullied when she was at school. "I remember watching as other children were inducted into the Beta Club," she said. "I longed to be one of those children, but never was, because all I could concentrate on was surviving." She and her three brothers and one sister all eventually quit school and went to work.

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