Last Meeting with James (Part 6)

James and I met for the last time today.  Although we’ve been busy this semester, we’ve somehow came to meet way over the required number of meetings and have enjoyed getting to know each other a lot.  Today we talked about the year as a whole and looked at our experiences since August.  James’s life totally changed in August when he moved here from China.  He thinks that he himself has changed quite a bit since coming to TCU, becoming much more outgoing and open to meeting people.  He thinks that this change is from moving out of China.  When he was in China, he felt that the rules and extensive classwork limited him from having such a great social life.  High school for me was also definitely not as social and fun as college.  Having such different high school experiences than college makes us appreciate our time here even more.

We also talked about our plans for next semester.  James will be a freshman next year, out of the English program, and ready to start on his business and psychology majors.  During our conversation we decided to check out possible classes for him to take next semester.  We pulled up all the requirements and I talked him through what I’ve learned by experiencing my first year of pre-business classes.  We even put together a tentative list of classes for him to sign up for next semester and I recommended several professors that I’ve taken that he could also sign up with.  It seems like James is very excited to get his degree going and will do great in majoring in Accounting and Psychology, topics that he is already knowledgeable and passionate about.

It was sad to say goodbye for the last time.  It’s unbelievable that this semester has gone by so quickly.  James and I agree that that this semester has seemed to go by much quicker than last semester.  While we know that we’ll always see each other around, and we’ll likely chat about classes he can take and which professors he should take, we’ll most likely not meet again as conversation partners.  But we had a blast and I’m thankful for the experience!