Community

A community’s formula is not always concrete and can be composed of a variety of ingredients. For our purpose of discussion the main ingredient is clearly the people. The reasons behind the social connections made are diverse, varying among the communities. The individuals of a community share a common bond, camaraderie, and are brought together by a collective force or forces. The members have a sense of belonging and acknowledge that there exist common interests that drive them to be apart of the group even if at times they are unable to distinctly recognize them. The common interests can be a mixture of “forces” or simply rely solely on one attribute. Communitys are bonded through religion, morals and beliefs, education, economic status, hobbies, and others. While you may be apart of a community this doesn’t prevent your acceptance into another one. People can be apart of multiple communities. While I am apart of the University of Maryland Community there are many sub communities within UMD. My involvement can be broken down from someone at UMD to the student community, Undergrad community, Freshman Community. Honors Program community, Denton Hall community. Bio Major community. The bonds holding a community together don’t require any particular significance. They don’t need to be spiritual or complex. If there is something shared among a population there exists a potential for a community. My floor is a community for what are the most obvious reasons. . We are bonded by the mere fact that we live together, share the same bathrooms, hallway, lounge, elevators.