Write a paper about Members of the discourse community of UB.

You might find it easier to approach if you think of it as two separate tasks. First, identify and describe a non-academic discourse community that you belong to (or one that you are familiar with). Second, explain how your participation in that d.c. Has prepared you to participate in the d.c. Of academic writers and scholars, Context: this essay prompt is somewhat inspired by gerald graff's "hidden intellectualism," in which he explains how his boyhood interest in sports paved the way for his later success as a university professor. Talking about sports with his friends, he writes, introduced him to “the rudiments of intellectual life: how to make an argument, weigh different kinds of evidence, move between particulars and generalizations, summarize the views of others, and enter a conversation about ideas.” In “blue-collar brilliance,” similarly, mike rose examines the high level of intellectual ability that is required to succeed in the working-class world. He challenges the common assumption that the skills used in academic work are of a different kind than those used in physical labor. Although neither graff nor rose uses the term “discourse communities," the concept is closely related to their arguments. We can easily see how the idea of a d.c. Can be applied to sports fans, waitresses, and shop foremen