Community college

The following website (including any associated pages from directly linked websites) using discourse analysis: http://www.add101.com/ The following questions might help you with your analysis: 1. What is Discourse Analysis? Discourse analysis as defined by the Oxford Journal Family Practice states Discourse analysis is the study of “social life, understood through analysis of language in its widest sense (including face-to-face talk, non-verbal interaction, images, symbols and…

The central enigma of community for Cavell, as I have elaborated tacitly thus far, appears to be winning a coherence in how it (naturally and conventionally) makes possible speaking in the name of others, and how it makes room for the difference of those who are spoken for. I have called the challenges to this coherence, following and improvising on Cavell, privacy and hierarchy. Concerning the former, Cavell writes, So the fantasy of a private language, turns out, to be a fantasy, or fear,…

At this point in the semester, Symbolic Convergence Theory best describes my community. I am an RA for a fairly close-knit community-- there are only 20 residents on my floor, which has really allowed them to form relationships with one another. My floor has become much closer than I initially anticipated. I often see my residents eating meals together, walking around campus in groups, and spending time with each other on the floor. With that being said, through spending a decent amount of time…

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow, learn as if you were to live forever."- Mahatma Gandi. For my service learning project I chose to volunteer at my schools Agriculture area. Many people were there including myself helping out and trying to keep it nice and clean. It was a very fun four hour experience I met some new people,I also learned how to plant many types of plants and trees. It wasn't as bad as I thought considering that it's a get dirty job, but it was fun to do. I would recommend…

My discourse community is the Los Angeles Lakers, The lakers are one of the biggest teams in NBA history. They have a common goal which is to win as many world championships as they could so far they have 16 which is second of all time to the Boston Celtics who have 17. They get together for practice every day and spend a lot of time together off the court too, they also have an Instagram page which they upload pictures of players before the games or after games or during practice or they shoe…

consisted of various volunteer jobs. I was one of approximately 100 people that engaged in the process of making life better for others. I spent my time washing and painting graffiti off of buildings, cleaning the parks, and serving food to the community. Engaging and reading with the neighborhood children was a highlight of the week. The impact…

Not Forgotten Transcript First Clip: All right I have two care packages for the homeless ready to go and I am ready to go give some hope to some homeless people today. Second Clip: We're out here in beautiful east Lubbock with my brother Parker Hunt, say Hi Park, and we're fixing to give some care packages out so here we go. Image on Brycen: I really didn't know what I was getting into today as Parker and I gave out some care packages, but one thing I do know is that it was life changing for…

the poor social capital stimulate the worsening of social isolation, which just the same as Putnam's argument. However, according to Bruce Rankin and James Quane's new finding, the erosion of social capital doesn't reduce people's engagement in community organizing. Their opinions contradict seemingly, but that doesn't mean Putnam's idea is wrong. Putnam's view makes sense to some extent, but also with limits. He only sees the impact of social capital on social isolation but ignore the effects…

At our last class session, we decided to meet as a group on thursday to discuss our plans for the wooden compost bins, and to get information for how we take action on how we can make it possible for us to go through with our plans. I met Vanessa and Alyssa outside of Dudley Moorhead Hall, two hours before our class starts, and we began to find a place to sit down and talk about what we need to do. Finally, we went up to the second floor of Dudley Moorhead Hall, where the sociology office was…

Participating in community services has become a big part of the world we know today. The service can be as small as picking up garbage along the side of the road, or as big as traveling to different countries to help with natural disasters. All those things have something in common; doing something to change the world for free. I got the opportunity to interview someone who has changed the world for people who thought there was nothing good that could come from the world when everything they…