COMMUNITY DISCOURSE RESPONSE
When I describe myself, I describe myself as first and most important family oriented. I then go onto discuss how I’m a full-time student an athlete, and until a couple of days ago an employee. Never did I know until I learned in class that they were classified as discourse communities. Being discourse communities they all have different ways of joining, different genres, topics and conventions.
Being born into a family and actually being part of the family are ultimately two very different things. Everyone is born into them but being part of a family takes loyalty, patience, and depending on the family, some work. Having a family as close as mine it’s hard to pick only four topics to discuss. We have no boundaries when we are speaking to each other, but we never lack respect for one another. We use profanities, and discuss things I normally don’t hear when around my friends and their families. When we’re not together, and that’s hardly ever, we’re constantly either on the phone, texting, or our favorite, face timing. The conventions we speak in are never anything more than loving, playful, and completely informal. Around family is usually the only place where you can truly be yourself, and with that said it’s easy to say that my family is about as crazy as can be.
Before becoming a college student there are a few steps you must take. Applying for colleges you want to attend is usually the first step, you must make certain your grades are good enough to attend the college you’re applying to and after getting accepted it is demanded that you attend orientation. Throughout the semester when professors need to speak to you out of lecture it is normal for them to reach you through e-mail. When speaking to a professor its important for you to speak formally and as correct as possible. As you’re speaking to other students its more common for them to reach you through text messages or sometimes phone calls and its more acceptable to speak to them informally. When I’m at school almost all I speak about is school related, I don’t like to get side tracked. I discuss school work, homework, and study habbits with other students and TA’s to help me form better habbits.
Being part of any team takes a lot of hard work and dedication. Getting into a 7 time district champ wrestling team at my old high school took a tremendous amount of work. Everyone had to tryout, pass the physical, and most important be eligible to compete. When anybody would listen in on our wrestling conversations they would end up confused. All we use is wrestling jargon to explain ourselves. When we weren’t on the mat which was basically only while we were at school or on Sundays we use mostly only text message to communicate with each other if for some reason practice would change or time of the tournaments. Being captain of the girls team it was very important for me to show leadership skills. I had to speak to them respectfully because even though I was captain we were all still on the same team. I would constantly discuss weight and conditioning so everyone would stay on top of their game.
As we all know finding a job isn’t the simplest of tasks. After submitting an application and depending on the place you sometimes need a drug test. If they consider your application you’ll have to attend an interview and then work orientation. As I was working as a cashier I always had to be very polite, no matter how rude or obnoxious a customer was. Working at the bookstore on campus I had to know a lot about the stuff around UTEP so I could be as informative as possible when people asked questions. When I would speak to my bosses it was vital to speak to them very formally because they all were very important people and offending them in any way could jeopardize my job. Whenever my boss needed to get ahold of me she would first give me a phone call and if for any reason I wouldn’t answer she would then text or e-mail me.
After thinking out the different ways to join and the different genres, topics, and conventions in my specific discourse communities I came to find how similar and also different they can be. Everybody has their own communities in their lives that I’m sure differ from mine and only they will fully be able to discuss them.
When I describe myself, I describe myself as first and most important family oriented. I then go onto discuss how I’m a full-time student an athlete, and until a couple of days ago an employee. Never did I know until I learned in class that they were classified as discourse communities. Being discourse communities they all have different ways of joining, different genres, topics and conventions.
Being born into a family and actually being part of the family are ultimately two very different things. Everyone is born into them but being part of a family takes loyalty, patience, and depending on the family, some work. Having a family as close as mine it’s hard to pick only four topics to discuss. We have no boundaries when we are speaking to each other, but we never lack respect for one another. We use profanities, and discuss things I normally don’t hear when around my friends and their families. When we’re not together, and that’s hardly ever, we’re constantly either on the phone, texting, or our favorite, face timing. The conventions we speak in are never anything more than loving, playful, and completely informal. Around family is usually the only place where you can truly be yourself, and with that said it’s easy to say that my family is about as crazy as can be.
Before becoming a college student there are a few steps you must take. Applying for colleges you want to attend is usually the first step, you must make certain your grades are good enough to attend the college you’re applying to and after getting accepted it is demanded that you attend orientation. Throughout the semester when professors need to speak to you out of lecture it is normal for them to reach you through e-mail. When speaking to a professor its important for you to speak formally and as correct as possible. As you’re speaking to other students its more common for them to reach you through text messages or sometimes phone calls and its more acceptable to speak to them informally. When I’m at school almost all I speak about is school related, I don’t like to get side tracked. I discuss school work, homework, and study habbits with other students and TA’s to help me form better habbits.
Being part of any team takes a lot of hard work and dedication. Getting into a 7 time district champ wrestling team at my old high school took a tremendous amount of work. Everyone had to tryout, pass the physical, and most important be eligible to compete. When anybody would listen in on our wrestling conversations they would end up confused. All we use is wrestling jargon to explain ourselves. When we weren’t on the mat which was basically only while we were at school or on Sundays we use mostly only text message to communicate with each other if for some reason practice would change or time of the tournaments. Being captain of the girls team it was very important for me to show leadership skills. I had to speak to them respectfully because even though I was captain we were all still on the same team. I would constantly discuss weight and conditioning so everyone would stay on top of their game.
As we all know finding a job isn’t the simplest of tasks. After submitting an application and depending on the place you sometimes need a drug test. If they consider your application you’ll have to attend an interview and then work orientation. As I was working as a cashier I always had to be very polite, no matter how rude or obnoxious a customer was. Working at the bookstore on campus I had to know a lot about the stuff around UTEP so I could be as informative as possible when people asked questions. When I would speak to my bosses it was vital to speak to them very formally because they all were very important people and offending them in any way could jeopardize my job. Whenever my boss needed to get ahold of me she would first give me a phone call and if for any reason I wouldn’t answer she would then text or e-mail me.
After thinking out the different ways to join and the different genres, topics, and conventions in my specific discourse communities I came to find how similar and also different they can be. Everybody has their own communities in their lives that I’m sure differ from mine and only they will fully be able to discuss them.