Well as cliché as it sounds, my title says it all. I really
cannot believe that the semester is coming to an end. Each day passes quicker
than the last and now its already December?! This is the part where I wish I
could pull out my universal remote and click pause. But obviously that can’t
happen and the best I can do is look and back and try to have a meaningful
reflection on what I have learned this semester at TCU.
I guess first and foremost the biggest news I have been
enlightened with is that I will be graduating next December 2014. I really have no idea where the last three
years have gone but everything is starting to get REALLY real. This next
semester is going to be my last Spring semester as an undergrad. Don’t worry
though, I have to go to Grad school so I won’t be missing out on the fun for
too long. Aside from my sarcasm I am being completely honest when I say that I
have grown so much this semester, more so than I ever have before. For
starters, I feel so much older than I did last year. I know it might sound
weird but living off campus has been a strange sense of freedom that I never
knew existed. Being responsible for bills, cleaning, and feeding myself is a
lot more challenging than it seems. I’ve been so fortunate for so long to live
a life where things were readily taken care of for me. Even though it makes my
life a little more stressful I really don’t mind these new found
responsibilities in my life. The feeling of independence gets bigger each
passing semester, and it really is crazy to think that a year from now I will
be a college graduate.
My classes this semester have proven to be some of the best
I’ve been in thus far. This semester was my first opportunity to give therapy
as a student clinician for speech-language pathology. It was such a fun
experience and it really makes me look forward to the next semesters The
semesters get better and better because I get to do more of what I am
interested and less of core credit. I finished my natural science credit with
the biology class that I took. I was kind of worried about the class at the
beginning of the year but I ended up doing well and actually enjoying the
course. I am almost done with my psychology minor and my class this semester
Psychology of Personality marks the second to last class I need to take to
fulfill the minor. Psychology of Personality was such an interesting course and
I really believe I have learned more about myself than I ever have before.
Literature and Civilizations turned out to be a great experience. I honestly
had no idea what to expect when enrolling in the class but as it draws to an
end I would definitely recommend it to any honors student. I never thought I
could learn so much about something I thought I already knew. Learning about
humor was so fun and interesting! I hope that my next two semesters can be as
rewarding as this one has.
This is the first semester where I am not nervous or anxious
about finals week. I only have two finals to take and they are well spaced a
part. I am looking forward to finishing my tests and heading home to Chicago
for the holidays. This fall semester might not have been the best football
season at TCU but it has been one of the best academic seasons for myself. I
hope that the time slows down for the next two semesters because I am having a
hard time believing that I’m almost done with college as an undergraduate. I
wish everyone a great end to finals and a wonderful holiday season. Thanks Dr.
Williams for a great semester in Lit and Civ!
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