Final Reflection Paper
Paige Raine Ziebell
HUSC 4350-D01
Jay Killough
November 30, 2021
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Final Reflection Paper
In just nine days I will be walking across a stage in front of my family and an
entire arena full of my peers, to obtain a special piece of paper, a bachelor's degree of
science in human sciences. As I will make my way across the stage and exit on the
other side, the last four and a half years, 9 semesters, and an abundance of my learning
and experiences as a student will all suddenly become encapsuled into that one piece
of paper. And just like that, some of the best years of my life come to a halt as this
chapter of my life has reached its final-destination. As I sit here now, reflecting on not
just this class or this final semester but my entire college career, I am thinking to myself,
what did I learn? Have I changed at all? Have I grown? Does this mean I'm a legitimate
adult now?
The questions that inevitably coincide with the act of reflecting on your personal
life and journey have never really been all that easy for me to answer, myself. People
often say an individual can look within themselves and dissect what's there, what's
changed, what's grown, or what's eliminated, but it is a lot more complex than that.
However, once I take all the different obstacles, challenges, victories, and various
failures, I can say with confidence that yes, I have changed, I have grown, I have
developed throughout my four and a half years here at Texas Tech University. I can't
help but think that I am living in this alternate, false sense of reality because of just how
quickly time went by once I first moved into my dorm room 513, in Chitwood residence
hall. I think to myself that this can't be real. I am going to wake up from this dream and
find myself in my tiny bed in my dorm room back to 2017, right? It's bittersweet, a little
bit more bitter than sweet for me, but I am so incredibly proud of myself, a first-
3
generation college student who is finally reaching the finish line however, I am sad to
see it end. Nevertheless, I know that I am going to look back on these final years and
cherish them forever for the lessons, opportunities, friends, and experiences that
morphed me into the woman I am today.
Although, I have grown tremendously and learned a multitude of things about
myself and life in general, I am not quite done developing just yet. As I am about to
enter this new chapter of becoming into my own as an independent adult though I don't
exactly know what will take place next or have a concrete path set in place, it is
exhilarating but terrifying all at the same time. The reason I chose to transfer over to the
College of Human Sciences fr