Connections for table MWA #1

After listening to the rest of the Major Writing Assignments from my group, there are many connections that can be made. The commonalities in terms of the communities can be seen in how each of our communities are brought together by things within our community. Caroline talked about the St. Louis and how the question of where we went to high school is commonly brought up. This can be related to mine because I described how different the community of Kirkwood is from those that surround it in the St. Louis area. Sally talked about the community that is within the “Chicagoland” area. She talked about the large community that extends out into the suburbs as well as the smaller community that is right inside Portillo’s. The small community that she talked about hit home with me as I see many of those small restaurant communities within Kirkwood. Finally, Samuel talked about the community within the church that he attends. They hold values that blend good Christian values with those that are taught in South Korea. These teachings that are able to be explained by everyone within the church community relates to not only my writing on my values learned, but the others from my group as well because we all learned a lot from these experiences within our communities.

            Caroline approached the idea of where she went to high school with great depth and individuality. The topic is one that for many could be a bit vague, but she was able to add experiences that cut out the possibility of the vague feeling to where we all want to know more. Sally approached the terms “Chicagoland” and “Portillo’s” with great creativity. It was very interesting to listen to how the communities of the large Chicagoland area bring people together compared to simply whether or not you have been to Portillo’s. Samuel’s approach to the term “good Christian” was one I was especially interested in because of the cultural twist his story has. The community in which his church creates allows for religious thought to be very in-depth and specific not only in terms of how to live like a “good Christian,” but also how to be a Christian while looking at it through the cultures in which we all come from.