#126, Community
community n. a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common
Over the past eleven months we have developed a community at PEAI. We learned and we struggled. We laughed. We met challenges and overcame them. Through it all, those tiny interactions added up to something greater. A community does not form by itself—it needs care and concentrated effort from its members to thrive. One of the most important ingredients of a healthy community is strong interpersonal relationships between its members. These relationships impact our day-to-day emotional well being, but more importantly, they influence the personal transformations of the member within.
Though part of the greater PEAI community, each of the four classes I teach has a personality all its own. The ten or so individuals in each three hour block contribute to create an environment that is uniquely theirs. Those of you who done make-up classes have an intimate understanding of this. What exactly differentiates the four classes though?
To complete this Journal response,
Describe what makes your class unique. What does your class value? How does your class behave? How do your classmates interact with one another? What makes your class weird? Answer a few of the preceding questions or attack the prompt in your own way.
Comment on a peer's response.
-Brenden Lee Teacher
which frosts a cake that i am not especially fond of