My story To be a part of a discourse community‚ one must be credible‚ possess factual knowledge and draw on the values of its members to be accepted into the community. At the same time‚ a person must learn typical ways people in that community communicate and argue. When I entered the discourse community of my high school athletic department I acquired knowledge‚ established credibility‚ and drew on the values and emotions of other members of the community. Although‚ one might question my standing
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instance of me joining a discourse community was the time I joined my high school varsity tennis team. This discourse community was founded on athletic skills‚ mental toughness‚ and academic success. In order to contribute to this discourse community and to become a successful tennis player I needed each of these qualities. Through the three appeals of logos‚ pathos‚ and ethos I will acquire the basic rules of tennis‚ establish my ranking throughout the tennis community‚ and gain mental toughness to be
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THE AMISH COMMUNITY BY: Lori Burris Instructor’s Name: Chad Goings ANT 101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (AVL1237D) 10/15/12 The Amish are religious separatists who dress plainly and avoid many convinces of modern life that you may know. The Amish are known widely for horses and buggies for transportation‚ they came to America in the eighteenth century from Switzerland. They evolved out if the Mennonite groups coming from the Anabaptist tradition. The Anabaptists urged a return to
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The analysis for the Bilingual Education Attitudes Survey theorizes that items in the survey have a strong correlation‚ which demonstrates evidence for construct validity. Measuring both the convergent and discriminant validity supports this theory because in Table 1‚ there is a very strong positive correlation between the first administration (r= .91) and a strong positive correlation with the second administration (r= .86)‚ in relation to the previously validated bilingual education scale.
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Alcohol Therapeutic Communities In today’s world‚ people each and everyday from a wide range of teenagers to adults‚ abuse substances such as illegal drugs and alcohol. Not all of these people are open to admit that they indeed have a problem‚ and could really use professional help from others to stop their bad habits before they become a larger issue than it already is. Lucky for the people who are able to accept their problem at hand‚ places such as therapeutic communities are there for support
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1. Both forms of policing require the input from the community‚ but are applied differently. Community policing requires citizens to work proactively with law enforcement; however‚ “POP” is aimed at solving community problems by grouping community incidents to identify possible causes (pg. 4‚ 86) 2. SARA model stands for Scanning‚ Analysis‚ Response‚ and Assessment. (pg. 100-101) S. In the past year there have been 150 car burglaries‚ and the year before 70. Which gangs that live in the area‚ and
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Name Professor Class Date History Ancient architecture and archaeology can be used to explore the idea of community and the lives of ancient peoples. In conceptualizing an ancient community‚ scholars are able to follow the trends that occurred in that society. Community and social units explain how the people in the area of Aphrodisias. By investigating this site at Aphrodisias‚ the buildings reveal that it was Roman and that the people lived there since ancient times and possibly even since
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Gaming as a Community Now that technological companies all over the world have set most of the seven billion individuals in the world with a computer‚ smartphone or tablet‚ it is time for better software to use with them. This is where games come in. Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello stated in a recent interview that PC gaming is the ‘fastest growing platform’. This shows the growing interest in gaming bearing in mind that gamers also have the means to play on. The term ‘gamer’ refers to
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their history as a group. Do they living in the same neighborhood (becoming very popular in bigger cities)? Do they know each other at all? What are some of the norms of LGBTQ communities? How do they feel about a straight person entering into their space? Do they seem to have a common belief system in their community or do they all have different backgrounds and beliefs‚
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E-Tivity 2: Community of Inquiry Introduction The area we choose for Community Profiling was the town of Portlaoise‚ Co Laois. Rationale The rationale for this area was to pick an area that would be useful to one of the three of us rather than an area that would not be beneficial to any of us. The consensus then was the Portlaoise town as the Community Nurse covers that area and is reasonably new in her position. It also allowed the Community Nurse to become more aware of what was
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