Idea Of Community

“The Idea of Community in the Study of Writing” by Joseph Harris goes in depth to describe how community influences our writing. After describing what a community is and how it affects our writing, Harris explains how he believes the standards should be set higher. Harris describes discourse as being shifted from dynamic to fixed only when the community gets to give authority of discourse and the academic system. Teachers throughout the article have told students that when you switch communities you are adding and not replacing your writing. Harris uses references to “literate community” meaning a group of people having something in common, sharing a common goal. With something like this, he states it is hard for there to be any decline,