community

To be able to get a sense of community in your neighborhood, you would have to communicate with one another. We all have our own opinions about what's good for the community and everyone has to be open minded about everything. "Any civilization that is unable to sustain its networks of caring and nurturing will generate enough anger and aggression to make communication near impossible. The result is a society in which we do not even respect each other enough to listen to each other" (Cornel West, 212). This quote stuck out to me because without communication, we would all end up dead. We all have to be open to any ideas of change, just in case it may turn out for the better. If there is no respect within the community, then it's not even a community. communication is key. This is just like when I went MCCS today, if you didn't talk to the teacher or communicate with them, how would you get anything done, or how would you get to know the students. Today I didn't really talk to the students, since it was my first day there, and I just wanted to observe. I noticed right away that the students were really shy, and had no motivation to do any work. I tried talking to them, and to get their work done. But I guess it's going to take sometime to warm up to them. By having a wall up and not wanting to socialize, that doesn't help if you want to make friends. Just like on my floor. My roommates were so shut out, that they didn't have a good connection with everyone else. I told them, to be able to get to know them better, they had to broaden their horizons and open the door to everyone; literal and philosophical. And so far, it's been working and we are all getting along better.