Klass's main use of the of her mother and Mr. Eponym (externally and internally communication respectfully) is to show how certain discourse community affects the public. Klass explained her experiences on how the internal and external communication needs some help being adjusted tp. Klass's home was very different from Mr. Eponym school since Klass's mom needed some help understanding the medical terminology. It is clear that from this story that we go to School to learn from the professors, and if we don't learn anything from the professors from our courses that we take, not only have we failed, but the professors have failed as well. Mr. Eponym is a good example of a successful professor, because he taught Klass how to successfuly apply the terminology to her career. The mother's science professor on the other hand wasn't so successful on teaching, becuase of her slow reactions to Klass's medical terminology abbreviation.

The certain discourse community that we used to this past week during our presentations is no different from this story. Our groups did a marvelous presentation on how written codes of communication such as "IM", "Legal Communication", and to implied codes (or Brands) of communications such as"Camp Fest", "MySpace™", "FaceBook™", and "Fashion TV". These two codes tell us what to do and how to act when we are in a certain discourse community. The written codes of communication tell us what's appropriate to write for that particular discourse community its important to let the reader know what is important before abbreviating it. For example, while LOL might mean Laugh Out Loud in "IM" terms as Erin's Group discussed, according to Klass's and Mr. Eponym perspective LOL means Little Old Lady. The implied codes of communication expects us to dress in specific way like Ms. Dzienny's and Mr. Walker's "Fashion TV" presentation to explaining how the different organizations like Heather's group presentation "Camp Fest" may help people further prepare for their future careers. The "MySpace™"and "FaceBook™" sometimes require some expectaions from certain people just like job interviews do. By performing and experiencing the presentations this past week I have experienced the true effects (internally and externally) of discourse community.

It is very vital on how these discourse communities work, because if you don't you might experience a "takeover" from that particular certain discourse community.
We study many areas in the general requirements throughout college not only to adjust to the professional world but to the multicultural world as well. With this we can have a clearer understanding on how the world works. In my opinion, its vital to have a good education before you go anywhere in you professional career because you will never know when you will need it.

Response to Klass

By using two characters in her story it helped to show the differences between people who know medical jargon and those who don't. I found that I could relate more the the mom because when her daughter complained about NG tubes, I along with the mom had no idea what she was referring to. When telling a story I think it is very important to tell the perspectives from both sides (inside and outside) of the discourse community. If Klass only gave the example of Mr. Eponym whom belonged inside the discourse community, then we wouldn't see how that discourse community really is its own because of its specific language. If everyone understood medical jargon then it wouldn't be its own unique discourse community anymore. It's important to show that not everyone understands or knows the jargon of each discourse community like Klass did with her mom.

Response for Monday: Klass article

In Klass's article, she uses two supporting characters to help her tell her story: her mother (an outsider) and "Mr. Eponym" (a newbie insider). What might be the use of these two characters? How do they aid in Klass telling her experience? How might they relate to the reader of the essay? In other words, what is the use of presenting characters both from outside and inside the discourse community (why not just talk about characters from the inside only)?

--ejfleitz