You have done an excellent job of relating your assumptions to your past experiences. Your paper is almost 450 words over the limit though! The word count requirement hindered me from elaborating on my personal thoery. In contrast, I see that you chose to sacrifice meeting the requirement in turn for a thorough and insightful paper. Nevertheless, how would modify this paper to meet the 800 word limit? (Personally, I would have liked a higher maximum or maybe even no limit at all.)

I like that you started by presenting lessons learned through course material, and followed it with a supportive experience. This will help you and other readers see the application of these concepts.

How did these conditions develop higher-order thinking skills in this experience? What were they?

For my own purposes, I am going to rewrite my personal theory. It won't be bound by lword limits, and will present a clear and complete picture of my theory.