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down and focusing on my worldview when I entered college. Taking Core IX has helped me stabilize my current worldview. As we study Christian Humanism I find myself aligning more with these values. A Christian Humanist recognizes the inherent dignity in every human being (Rueter 8/22). In my manifesto, I will focus on my whole worldview. A huge portion of my worldview comes from the Core Program. Along with the Core Program my main values are community, forgiveness and love. In this manifesto I…

doubt that I am that right student to learn and grow among the Green Wave. Tulane is where I belong. While it is hard to describe how much I value Tulane and what it represents, I will give it my best shot. People often say, “You will know when a college feels right.” Until September 25th, I did not understand what that meant. When I first set foot on Tulane’s campus on Campus Preview Day, I understood. Although Tulane had already been my first choice school, my experiences on campus affirmed…

Discourse communities are a fabric of social interaction that explain connections between groups and organizations. James Porter describes a discourse community as “A local and temporary constraining system, defined by a body of texts that are unified by a common focus.” (Porter 1) The common focus as defined by James Porter is also the first Point of author John Swales six characteristics of discourse. A discourse that I am involved in is the Ocean City Beach Patrol. All 160 members of the…

Why is community important? Why should we be concerned with establishing a sense of community for online learning? Is community overrated? Why? Why Not? Community is important online for several reasons. First it builds relationships between classmates. Also, it assist students in finding ways to reach out to their classmates for ideas, feedback, and resources. The result of community for online learning gives students who study common information can reach out to one another for feedback,…

actions and achievements are not for myself but for the betterment of the community around me. With that being said, it’s important to me to give back and assist the community in as many ways at possible. Service creates the perfect avenue of benefit someone else’s life in a potentially significant manner without expecting anything in return. Most of my service involvement in the Waco community through my first of college was through AMSA. I have volunteered consistently at retirement homes and…

Discourse community is a group of people who communicate with each other with the same goal. James Paul Gee wrote “Literacy, Discourse, and Linguistics: Introduction”, James E. Porter wrote” Intersexuality and the Discourse Community”, and John Swales wrote “the Concept of Discourse Community”. They express the ideas on discourse communities; but they also have some similarities on the ideas of discourse communities. Gee and Swales have the similar idea on the importance of social practice in…

Community, the place where we are supposed to belong, be accepted, and grow in. A community is something built on bonds, different types of bonds, that are important in our lives. We are living in a time where working alone is not profitable. We must work together. I love to help personally. I live far from Carlos Fuentes so I don't get much chances to help out in this community. However, i try my best to help mine, or to help others. I go to church and there we hold many events where i love to…

If a natural disaster happens near to you it would not be ideal to have a good community who can help each other? The community plays a big role in these two stories Keeper ‘N Me and Whale Rider being very relevant for the principal characters in their journey. Community means a group of people with same interests or believes. Commonly the communities of aborigenous are known for being so close as community, they learn together, they teach, they help each other in difficult times and they have…

The world in consisted of many communities. It ranges from small book clubs to the medical team at a public hospital. These communities are called discourse communities and they consist of professionals who share a common goal for the public, have specific ways of communicating, “provide information and feedback” to each other, use different ways to expand their goals, possess their own jargon, and is consistently growing by mixing new with the experienced members (Swales 471-3). A discourse…

Health Panel Discussion Community development can be defined as “working with people at a local level to promote active participation in identifying local needs, and organizing those needs” (Wright, 2004, pp.36). Community development is an active process, and values local participation, while promoting self-reliance. Community development is important in all communities, as it empowers community members, as well as creates authentic partnerships. There are many forms of community development…