Blog post #2: Of what community are you a part?

(Before writing this post, be sure you’re caught up on the readings through Wednesday.)

Select one community (small, medium, or large) of which you are or have been a member. How did you, and how do others, become members of this community? I’m leaving this one wide open, so feel free to explore notions of community as long as you make an argument.

Below are some questions to help you start thinking about your community. Feel free to focus on just one of these topics or to combine a few of them into a single post.

- How did you become a member of this community? Did you choose to become a member of the community, did it happen by accident, or did you not have a choice in the matter at all?

- What are the community’s boundaries and rules (written or unwritten)? What happens when someone transgresses these boundaries or breaks a rule?

- Is the community geographically fixed or dispersed?

- What are the community’s customs? What are its values?

- What are the internal and external threats to the community, real or imagined?

- Do you think that at some point you will leave the community? What will that process be like?

- If you have already left this community, why? Was your departure of your choosing?

Your post should make an argument about this place or space in your life. It should be between 250 and 500 words.

You must make reference to at least one course text.

Your post will be graded on its thoughtfulness, the quality of writing, and the originality of argument.


You must post your entry on the class blog by 5 p.m. on Friday, August 18.