Human Services Reflection Essay

One the most significant things that I learned in introduction to human services this semester was that everyone experiences situations differently, what might be something unimportant and minor to you might be a trigger for someone else. You should always be mindful of others, I think us as human beings we tend to be a bit selfish and like to think that the world revolves around us. Which, is ridiculous because the world has 7.3 billion people and counting, and what makes me more significant than all those other people? Sometimes I’ll go out to the store in a hurry and I’ll get a line with a cashier that is being extremely slow, and I get upset and start thinking of some nasty things about the cashier, without ever taking into consideration what that person might be going through. I know that I am not the only person guilty of doing something like that. This reminded me of the, this is Water Commencement Speech by David Foster Wallace video, that’s on YouTube that my introduction to psychology professor showed us, and at the time it didn’t really pay much …show more content…
I took this class because I was considering becoming a social work major or human services major instead of psychology hoping to find a way that I can help people but, I realized that it takes a lot more than just wanting to help to be in this field. There isn’t one specific reason on why I’m not suited for the HS profession I just know that psychology is what is most suitable for me. I feel that is the major where I can find my flow, Where I can stay interested in my job but not feel overwhelmed by it. Even though, the human services field isn’t for me I am glad I took the class and I was able to see what the field is like and realize that it is out of my scope. I have a new level of admiration for the people who are in the field, because honestly not everyone can do the work they are able to