The study described in current research investigated the correlation between community diversity and sociability. Past literature found a negative correlation between diversity and sociability. Therefore‚ the current study expanded on past research using the population at a historically black university. In the present study‚ 60 participants were asked to complete a survey consisting of 45 questions. The current study was conducted at Hampton University by the Methods of Psychology class. The
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ATTENDANCE AT A COMMUNITY BOARD MEETING 1. Before you attend the meeting‚ write down your expectations. How many people will attend? What are the topics that will be addressed? What will the site be like? Compare these notes with your actual experience and describe this in your report. I attend my first community board meeting and I thought that there would be about 25 people but to my surprise there were more than 45 people in attendance. Upon arrival to the board meeting I imagined that the
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"I don’t want to get to a community college‚" said William Thompson a teen in texas when I inquired him about attending a Junior college. He said‚ "Why would I go to a community college when I can go to a real university". There is a common misconception on attending a Junior college. People feel that if you attend a community college you were deemed too feeble-minded to proceed to any major university and that is solely untrue. Top Teens. You must know that you will not be treated with disdain if
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Community When considering the term “community” one must consider the different contexts of society in which this word fits. As a young girl at a suburban‚ mostly white school‚ my personal introduction to the word was simply‚ the collective of people in a neighborhood or part of town. It was not until I was witness to a particularly upsetting scene that I saw a stratification of particular groups of people within that community that I began to question my place. Many people are born into a community
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Indigenous communities in Canada compared to the rest of the world. Today‚ over 4% of Canada’s population describes themselves as Indigenous. Indigenous people were the first people to live on what is now called Canada‚ they had their own culture‚ beliefs and lifestyle. When European settlers came to Canada in the 1800’s they assimilated the Indigenous people. Europeans convinced Indigenous people to sign treaties which still are the same ones that are used today. Indigenous communities face many
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Geography “Change in Community” RAP Rationale My topic I have chosen is the rugby union community. Rugby is mainly what my life is about at this moment in time. I play in five different teams‚ train in a selective squad in the off-season‚ it is something I am very passionate about and I would considerate as my community. As I’m growing up‚ I’m realising that the number of kids playing in the older ages is dropping and that is what I have chosen as my topic. Aim For my fieldwork I’m going
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person driving through a neighborhood and spotting a community garden‚ the values of that garden can be greatly overlooked. “A community garden is any piece of land gardened by a group of people. The land may produce fruit‚ vegetables‚ and/or ornamentals.”(“Community Gardens”). The majority of community gardens are located in neighborhoods‚ schools‚ and public institution areas‚ such as hospitals. Community gardens are beneficial to the community in many ways such as in economic benefits‚ in decreasing
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discourse community The concept of Discourse and discourse community is very important in English reading and writing. Discourses are group members’ shared “ways of being in the world” (Gee 484). According to the authors we studied‚ Porter‚ Gee‚ Swales‚ Johns and Porter‚ we willingly or unwillingly are part of many different discourse communities or Discourses. Almost everything we do in our everyday life requires involvement in some discourse community. Discourse or discourse community is a very
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My education begins with me attending my community college back in Laredo‚ Texas. In Laredo Community College‚ I didn’t know which major to go into in all honesty‚ like all new college students I was caught up with the new experience of college and the scenery the college provided. Then after discussions with my advisors I’ve decided to enter the field of Criminal Justice‚ which at a time where difficult because I’d needed to know different laws that have changed over the years‚ many court cases
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The single most impactful experience in my life is attending Ventura Community College. Nothing has hurt me more. In high school I had taken AP and IB classes and had finished within the top ten percent of my class but I had no idea what I wanted to do. I applied to some schools that I considered to be mediocre so that I could continue swimming‚ but as the application deadlines ended and most of my friends were being accepted to places such as UCLA‚ UCSB‚ and even Harvard‚ I had realized that I
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