Final Reflections...

It's hard to believe how the time has flown by this semester, and SSS coming to a close has really brought into focus how close I am to officially having completed a semester of college. It's both encouraging that I've survived thus far, and also a little intimidating that I still have so much more to go. Nonetheless, over these past few months I have seen myself change in a number of ways while simultaneously becoming even more solidified in certain areas of my beliefs and personality.

For my final reflection project I chose both the song "April Come She Will" and the medium of drawing for specific reasons. The song is featured in "The Graduate" which is my very favorite movie and its discussion of the passage of time was so appropriate for my own journey, and I chose to draw because I really love to draw and it's something I'm always trying to improve in which is representative of so many areas of my life.

The song begins with "April, come she will..." which fits so perfectly with me officially choosing to come to Converse in April of this year. "May, she will stay..." coincides with graduation and spending time in my hometown with my friends and family. "June, she'll change her tune..." speaks to a time when I went through some serious doubts about pursuing music and some financial stresses. "July, she will fly..." relates to my trip with my dad to Colorado for some Daddy-Daughter bonding before school, and finally "August, die she must..." represents the hardest goodbyes I've ever had to say, the farewell to the 'high-school' phase of my life, and the ushering in of a new phase at the close of the summer.

At the beginning of the semester I was terrified of what college would be like, excited for new experiences, and a little lost in a new environment; but, over the course of this semester I've surprised even myself by being able to adapt and adjust well. Though I've been through some struggles with everything from time-management to home sickness, I've grown as a person, as a student, made so many new friends and memories, and come to call Converse home in a way I never could have imagined.