What Is My Community?- Blog Post #2

The term, "Community" has several different meanings from a group of people to another. There can be multiple forms of community in an individual's lifetime.  A community can be as small as two people to as many as one desires can reach. An example of one form of community in my own lifetime is "my football community". Before getting into the details of why I see this group as a form of my community, we will define what a community is to me. My own personalized definition of community is any group that have similar characteristics/desires that promote a betterment of the group internal/externally.

How I became a part of the football community is by the choice I made back in 5th/6th grade to play little league football. This community lasted for a total of eight season/years. This community help shape and molded me into the person I am today. I learned several characteristic instilled in me today. Some of these characteristics are helping others, having discipline, and being accountable.  I learned to help others through the action of volunteering at a local food pantry. The trip to the local food pantry was a required event for the team. The trip to the food pantry including interacting with the individuals who were receiving the food and assisting them in carrying the food items to their mode of transportation. This activity allowed me to realize that I was bless with an above average life style. This made me also realize who well off I was because of my parents. 

While, the community also taught me to be disciplined in my actions. Football community required me to follow a strict weight lift and schedule throughout the year. These practices will benefit me as a continue my college education as I stay diligent in my academic affairs. These routines and schedule are related back to my academic studies at Defiance College by showing how important following a schedule is. For Instance, an example of this is staying on top of my readings for my classes in Comp I, EDUC 228 and PSY 225. These actions allow for myself to more activity engage in in class discussion, which relates to better knowledge to be applied to test and other activities used for grades/assessments. 

 Lastly, this community provided me with being accountable for my actions. This community provided me with the quality of having accountable for my decision as a college student than as an educator. Throughout playing the game of football, you were always accountable for your actions. If you messed up a play, did not block the right guy, or did some form of questionable behavior you were held accountable for what you did. This idea of being accountable was acquired with the yelling and excess running that was added when things were not done correctly and with fluency. These were just a few examples of how football community introduced the concept of being accountable.

The three characteristics above was not the only characteristics my one of many communities I have been in personally or have been around.  Some forms of community where we are a part of for a moment of out lives while others last an entire life. These forms of communities play an active direct and indirect role in our development as an individual and a society. These many communities leave a lasting impact on us whether we see it effects or not.