Some of the discourse communities I belong to are also work related. Here are some of the communiites I belong to:
1. NMSU Student
2. Facebook
3. Austin High School Alumni Association (El Paso, Texas)
4. Candidate for Teacher Education Program (Future Career)
5. 4H Friends
6. Intercouncil Agency in Las Cruces
7. Project Link Homeless Education
8. Title I Parent Involvement
9. Our Lady of Purificaiton Church
10. Blogspot,com
The three I choose are:
1. Austin High School Alumni Association: The reason I chose this particular community is because I get to keep in touch with all my friends from high school including some teachers that are also alumni. We are a group of about 120 people that have kept in touch since we graduated many moons ago. Ok, since 1976! As a group, we hold fundraisers to assist with scholarships that are given to seniors at the end of each school year. We also participate in events that might help teachers or students through out the year. We constantly keep in touch with our community through email and have members from all over the country. Austin High School,graduates as well as spouses from other schools are encouraged to join and help the commnity of El Paso, no matter what year they graduated. We reinforce the community by keeping in touch with current issues and have representatives from the alumni attend community meetings to keep in touch with what is happening
2. NMSU Student: After being away from school for so many years, I decided to return and earn my degree. Since I started at the DACC, I got back into the swing of things and have really enjoyed being an NMSU student. It's true what they say, you learn something new everyday. Staff at DACC were so friendly and professors were so nice that I felt comfortable right away. Dr. Huerta does a very good job in getting to know students and getting students ready for NMSU. I love NMSU too. I have enjoyed all my classes, except for a couple but that is expected. NMSU is a great univerisity because people are friendly and the campus is student friendly. Dress is casual or come as you are, for students anyways. I will apply for the Teacher Education Program which I will then join the community of graduates who will become teachers.
3. Title I Parent Involvement/Project LInk Homeless Program: Project Link meet the unique needs of our homeless students. We do this by maintaining consistency of the educational process while living in a shelter, relatives, or transitional housing. Parent involvement link the famiy with the school so that they can become more involved with their child's education. In this community, three family/school liaisions and a social worker refer families to community resources that can assist the families with food, clothing, basic needs and support services. We offer immediate access to free and reduced lunch programs. The dress for this community is casual with permission to wear jeans on Fridays. Community members usually assist with school supplies and backpacks for school aged children. Also other community members assist with the program when needed.
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Ali-
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like our high schools were pretty similar in size (smallish). I'm still close to lots of those folks. I am betting you all have lots of commonplaces in that particular discourse community - the school mascot, names of buildings and teachers, certain sayings or classes. That's what discourse communities are all about - using language to build community.
Great choice on NMSU/DACC and also the community group you work with.
Jen
Hi Ms. Jen,
ReplyDeleteActually, the 120 people that keep in touch is from a graduating class of 600 plus students. We were a very big class. But, like I said, through the years we have kept in touch with our teachers and friends, even our principal came to one of our reunions. He flew in just to celebrate with us. How cool is that! Yeah, how can I forget my favorite mascot. The golden panther. (I don't think there really is one for real but...) and yes, the A on the Franklin Mountains belongs to us. One of the all male sorities used to light it up when we played on home field because you could see from the stands. We would say and still do,"Hey, hey look at the A". We all chip in to keep it lit and volunteers light it. I have yet to make it to help light it. One of these days though. Sorry, I can go on and on.