WHAT IS COMMUNITY?

One dictionary definition of community is “a feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals”. Do you find it interesting that this definition indicates that community is a feeling? Like me, you might want to ponder that for a few minutes. Another dictionary definition of community is “a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common”. This is a familiar meaning of community, but I like the idea of community being a feeling (even though I’m not a big feeler).

While The Write Journey community does have particular characteristics in common (namely, we value quality writing and communication education for our children), we also create a “feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals”. So what are those common attitudes, interests, and goals?

  • We desire healthy communication within our families and homes

  • We seek instruction on how to help our children become excellent writers

  • We value quality books that allow us to explore topics and engage in discussions to develop critical thinking

  • We understand the high call of parents to be the boss of their children’s education - even when they choose to outsource aspects of that education

  • We find success in partnership: parents, educators, instructors, students

  • We long to explore creative ways to promote quality language arts skills

  • We recognize the need to support (not judge) each other as we all do our best - imperfectly.

  • We choose to focus on character training even as we teach academics, knowing that character matters more than knowledge

As we share these attitudes, interests, and goals, we experience “a feeling of fellowship” . . . and that is what The Write Journey community is all about. We appreciate every single family in The Write Journey community. You are welcomed and honored. We hope our community blesses your family.