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Gabriella Conklin Mrs.Tyree English AP, Pd.5 11 November 2013 Diverse Clubs and Societies that Form Our School Community There are lots of clubs in one school community. Clubs vary from Honor Societies, to Student Councils, to other clubs for specific reasons, like the art club or the pro-life club. All clubs exist for certain purposes, and each has developed their own way of fulfilling the purpose. Some clubs function as a collective body to meet their purpose while other clubs rely on the ideas of individuals to fulfill their purpose. Most Honor Societies function as a collective body. There are certain requirements that each student must meet before he or she can be invited to be inducted into the society. After the student has met the requirements and has been invited to be a member of the society, the student must attend an induction ceremony. At the induction ceremony all students will say a pledge, a say a motto and swear in to the society. All that the students must say during the induction is said in unison as a collective body in front of an audience. Each student that has become a member must attend a meeting to discuss what activities the group will participate in together as a service to their community. While participating in community service, all students are required to wear a certain uniform that is the same for everyone. Honor Societies hold many characteristics of a collective society; however, not all clubs function as a collective body. Art club or Book club or Writing club are examples of clubs that function as an individualistic society or body of people. Art club is made up of a group of people who love to create art. Although it is a group of people getting together each individual has their own art style

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and artistic opinion. Each individual is praised for the piece of art created by that individual and no one else. The same applies for a Writing Club. Each individual has their own individual writing style and opinion of written works. When artistic writing is created, only one individual, the creator, is praised or recognized for their own work. A book club is a bit different. A book club is a group of people gathering together to study a book, a novel or piece of literature. Although they read the same book as a group, each person has developed his or her own opinion of the book. Clubs such as an Art Club, a Book Club, or a Writing Club have a greater tendency to function with a focus on each individual in the club rather than focusing on the club as a whole. Clubs such as Student Council or the Pro-Life Club are both collective and individualistic. Student Council is an organization of individual students working together to serve the student body. Each individual is allowed to share their own opinion of how to better the school environment or better a student's school experience. The organization has a collective goal, but the goal is reached through individual opinions and individual actions put in by each student involved. A Pro-Life Club is very similar to a Student Council. Pro-Life Clubs have one collective goal, to promote the end of abortion and contraception. Though there is one common goal and a group of students working to reach that goal, each individual has developed their own form of sending out a pro-life message. The school community is made up of many clubs, societies, and organizations. Each has a particular purpose or goal that needs to be reached, but each club, society and organization functions in a different manner. Some clubs function as a collective body to meet their goals and purpose while other clubs function by relying on each individual opinion or idea to reach the goal or purpose.