The document is an essay about discourse communities within 4-H. A discourse community exists when a group shares common public goals, levels of membership, and information exchange. The 4-H community meets these criteria through shared goals of community service, an open membership structure from age 5-18, and feedback provided through club meetings and county fairs. The essay then provides personal examples of the author's experience within 4-H from age 5 to 18, and how it influenced their career choice in American Sign Language.

1. Discourse Community Essay
Julia Allgeier
Ms. Newhouse
English 101 section 61
9/16/14
A Discourse Community Have you ever been among people who are very much like you? That it does not matter what differences you have you all
have a lot more in common. A member of 4–H constitutes a discourse community because of an agreed set of common public goals, level of
membership, and something that provides information and feedback. An agreed set of public goals for our community is that as a whole group we
do a lot of community service. For a couple of years my club would go to a nursing home and do different activities with the elderly. Whether it be
making them sun catchers to hang in their windows or play board and card games with them. It...show more content...
By taking this project for four years it had helped me make a final decision on what I wanted to go to college for. I was right, I have a great passion for
American Sign Language and learning about the deaf community. The level of membership in 4–H does not have anything to do with your knowledge
or experience. For most people like myself, we got started in 4–H at the age of five being a cloverbud. I got to go to the club meetings, participate in
them, do activities with older members, and even take a project to the fair if I wanted to, but it just did not get judged. At the age of eight I became a
first year 4–Her. I got to take any project(s) I wanted, and gave me a good feeling that I got to pick what I wanted to do. I took a market lamb,
sewing for beginners, and cooking project. I had so much fun working with my grandma on my sewing project but learnt at the age of eight that it
was not something I liked to do. I cooked with my mom and found I really enjoy to cook. Working on my market lamb with my older sister was
probably the best of all my first year experiences. I never took another livestock project throughout my fifteen years in 4–H though. I could not handle
sending an animal to its death after I had spent endless amounts of time with it. When I turned eleven I became a junior member and when I did my
projects I was expected to do more with in them. As I
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