Write a story of a time you struggled to learn something in a particular discourse community

 Notice that this assignment asks you to tell a story- this is a different kind of writing than the usual "academic research essay."  You are not *researching* and *citing sources* about your chosen discourse community, you are using creative writing to make your audience *feel* what it was like for you to learn in this new community.  Take the examples we read last week- they told a you story with a clear beginning, middle, and end with such vivid detail that you *felt* what they felt.  This is your goal.