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    different discourse communities even though we don’t realize it‚ but we actually get ourselves involved without even knowing. Discourse communities are everywhere not just in schools‚ colleges‚ nor churches they are all over our community. From interacting with your roommate in your dorm to since club you are involved they are all discourse communities. Dancing by its self won’t function as a discourse community but once we talk about Dance Teams we are creating a discourse community within dancing.

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    In our book‚ Writing About Writing‚ John Swales defines a discourse community as a group of individuals who share “a broadly agreed upon set of public goals” that use “mechanisms of intercommunication among its members” in order to achieve their objectives (795). I have chosen to examine how the College World‚ the Adrian College school paper‚ operates as a discourse community through the use of various mechanisms in order to solve the main issues that arise. More precisely‚ the research will explore

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    I was able to complete over two hundred hours of community service in 4 years of high school. I have done several communities services such as volunteering summer camps‚ family markets‚ and providing tutoring for students at a local elementary. In the summer camp that I have volunteered‚ I have chosen to be a coach and teach children how to play soccer. I have learned a lot from my service because it has demonstrated me that I work well with others‚ especially children which made me realize that

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    Lost in the Virtual World: Identity and Power in Cyber Games by Naushin Rehman M.Phil. Semester I Course: MP 1 “Introduction to Literary Theory” Course Coordinators: Dr. Simi Malhotra & Dr. Mukesh Ranjan Second Paper Presentation December 7‚ 2010 Department of English Jamia Millia Islamia Lost in the Virtual World: Identity and Power in Cyber Games It is not virtual reality‚ because when our symbolic environment is‚ by and large‚ structured in this inclusive‚ flexible‚ diversified hypertext

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    Youth Growing Up In Urban Communities Need Support Shirene Cirino- Mosley HSM/230 07/15/2012 Prof- Robin Van Kirk University Of Phoenix Youth Growing Up In Urban Communities Need Support In urban communities today‚ many youth fall short from what is really needed to grow up and live a successful life. This is due to the fact they are missing much needed guidance and support from their parents and families.

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    | Virtual Reality | HealthCare Benefits from it in so many ways! | | Kari Reed | Inf 103: Computer LiteracyPatricia Anderson | 5/16/2011 | | Virtual Reality should be considered for rehabilitation to recover faster‚ while in a more relaxing setting and in a less painful way. Virtual Reality is technology that allows you to interact with a world that is generated by computers (ThinkQuest). There are special graphics‚ video images and sounds to make this pretend world seem real

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    Can Virtual Schools Take The Place of Regular Schools? In the streets‚ people are walking like robots‚ texting into phones like machines; no voices are heard because people don’t speak to each other. The world is silent. The color of the world is gray. No emotions on people’s faces. Have people forgotten how to speak? What are they supposed to say to another human‚ don’t they remember? Didn’t they learn social graces in school? The year is 2050‚ the location is Manhattan. What has happened here

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    Communities perform important functions necessary for human needs. Community is defined as "the organization of social activities that affords people access to what is necessary for day-to-day living‚ such as the school‚ the grocery store‚ the hospital‚ the house of worship‚ and other such social units and systems"( Netting‚ F E; et al‚ 2004 ). In this experiential exercise‚ I decided to conduct a walk-about of my community‚ Highland Park. I have lived in the area for about seven years and I

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    Virtual Reality: How it Affects Our Lives. INF. 103 September 5‚ 2009 We can find many uses for virtual reality in our lives‚ and we also find it in many instances that some would not even think of. We can use virtual reality for education‚ job training‚ social networking‚ and even gaming. In this paper I will give examples of each as well as how virtual reality was created‚ and how long it has actually been around. I will also tell how virtual reality can be detrimental to it users.

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    Since the inception of America’s Community Colleges‚ the American society has become better educated. The community college system has educated more than forty percent of the United States population. In addition‚ the community college system has increased at four times the rate of four-year colleges and universities‚ however the community college system‚ because of their “open-door” policy‚ has enrolled a disproportionately large share of college students of color and first-generation students

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