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Introduction

A community is a unified group of people with a common goal residing in a particular geographical location. In most instances, a community comprised of people from the same origin and share similar values. A group of people within a society have shared norms that govern the relationship among members. Over the past few years, I have been part of different types of communities with different characteristics. Each kind of community I have been part reflect the goals in wanted to achieve. Being a member of these communities have had varying impacts on my life and experience. The following are some types of communities that I have been part over the past few years.

Wisconsin Madison college community

Wisconsin Madison community is a form of community that I have enjoyed being a member. It is a learning association where members share the same interest or passion for achieving academic goals. This association has gradually changed my life because it enables me to achieve my educational goals and objectives to better my life. It has provided avenues for me to explore different educational opportunities as a way of meeting a common interest. As such, it was significant to be part of this group because it enables me to achieve my goals.

Chinese student community

The other community that I have been a member is the Chinese student community. The primary purpose of this association is to execute certain activities to initiate changes in the current circumstances. As a Chinese student studying in the United States, I joined the Chinese students association to help me promote Chinese cultural practices. This form of a community provided me with opportunities to put my plans in action to make the intended changes among members of the group. Besides, this form of association positively impacted my life because it gave me room to accomplish new goals (Epstein, Sanders, Sheldon, Simon, Salinas, Jansorn & Hutchins, 2018).

Computer science student community

Currently, I am a member of a practice community known as computer science student community to help me achieve my professional goals. It is a form of society which is comprised of people of the same profession or perform similar roles. As part of the community, I worked hard with my colleagues jointly to achieve career goals. In addition to attaining career goals, this group enables me to gain more experience in my line of a profession (Lee, Kim, & Kim, 2011).

Seattle community

The last type of a community that I have been a member is the Seattle community. I have been part of this community because I am a member group of people brought together by geographical boundaries or regional differences. While pursuing my college course at Seattle, I encountered different experiences that have positively impacted my life my learning American cultural practices. Seattle community significantly changed my life because it enabled me to learn useful skills and ethical norms of relating to each other.

Importance of community

Among the four types of communities that I have been a member, some are more important than others. First, the Seattle community is one of the communities that seem to be more critical because it forms the basis of human behaviour. It enabled me to learn important moral values, creating good relationships among members (Wellman, 2018). As such, it was a pleasure to be a member of this community because it enabled me to acquire excellent ethical skills. Additionally, the Seattle community was the origin of all my achievements because it helped me to learn guiding principles that can allow me to be part of other communities. Thus, it is superior to other forms of communities.

Secondly, Wisconsin Madison college community is also another essential form of society which significantly impacted on my interest. Generally, people from different backgrounds sometimes come together to achieve a common goal. In the process, as a member, we formed a common interest to meet at the end. Therefore, this community was vital because it enabled me to accomplish my goals by encouraging one another as well as giving mutual support to each other (Wellman, 2018).

Differences within communities

Typically, each type of society has several features due to the purpose of its formation. First, a significant gap between the Seattle community and computer science student community that I noted is that the former mainly focuses on moral behaviours of its members. It equipped me with ethical values that can enable me to have good relationships with other people. On the other hand, the practice community mainly focuses on helping to achieve professional goals. It aimed at ensuring that I adhere to the professional code of standards (Wellman, 2018).

Besides, an essential thing that I noted was left out when discussing these communities is the interrelationship between different types of groups. Understanding the relationship among these types of communities is vital because it assists in establishing standards of aching the goals of each community.

Usually, many conflicts exist within each type of community. The leading causes of conflict within communities that I was a member is a conflict of interest. In most instances, members of the communities I was a member had different interests, thus leading to differences in thoughts and opinions. Competition is another critical cause conflict that I noted as part of a community. For example, a computer science student community comprises of professionals who work to achieve various goals. In the process, competition erupts, thus causing conflicts among students (Wellman, 2018).

References

Epstein, J. L., Sanders, M. G., Sheldon, S. B., Simon, B. S., Salinas, K. C., Janson, N. R., ... & Hutchins, D. J. (2018). School, family, and community partnerships: Your handbook for action. Corwin Press.

Lee, D., Kim, H. S., & Kim, J. K. (2011). The impact of online brand community type on consumer's community engagement behaviours: Consumer-created vs marketer-created online brand community in online social-networking web sites. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 14(1-2), 59-63.

Wellman, B. (2018). Networks in the global village: Life in contemporary communities. Routledge.