community

One of the communities that I am a part of is the School of Ed College at U of M Dearborn. I first became part of this community when I changed my major to Elementary Education but I didn’t feel as though I was part of this community until I began taking classes with other people in this same college. My role has changed slightly in this community as each semester goes on. I slowly become a person in the community who is higher up than others. I am no longer the lowest in SOE but I am definitely far from the most experienced. There are some moments when I feel more or less of this community. I feel less of it when I’m talking to people about classes I haven’t taken yet that they have. I feel behind during these situations. However, I feel more of the community when I am taking summer classes and my friends from SCE do not.
In some cases it is clear who is and is not part of this community. When we are doing homework together or are talking about our requirements, sometimes people there are left out of the conversation because they aren’t part of that community. Other times, it is impossible to tell if someone is part of this community because unless you ask them or ask about their classes, they could be a part of any college. Someone would cease to be a member of this community when they graduate or change majors. Once a member graduates, I’m sure they can still be part of the community but with them not being on campus as much, it is likely they drift away.
Obviously we share a lot of the same values. We all strongly believe in education. We are all furthering out education by going to college and we all believe in helping educate others. Other than that, I assume we all share other values but that is the major one. I firmly believe in this value because if I didn’t, I wouldn’t have chosen this major. I participate all year round in being a part of this community. I take classes constantly and am always looking to become employed in a job based on education. Membership is this community is very important to me and my personal identity because it is what I’m going to be doing for the rest of my life. Participating and learning everything I can, will only help make my abilities as a teacher even stronger.
I think the most important way of defining a community is a group of people who are interconnected with each other based on a common goal. Everyone in SCE plans to become teachers. With this goal in mind and working together as a community, we will all succeed.