Essay 3
This essay is one that I had a bit of trouble drafting because I had a lot of sources but not a lot of information that would be pertinent to the assignment. The assignment was to look at a specific group at VMI and research why it’s considered a discourse community.
I chose to research the Emergency Response Team (ERT) here at VMI because I would very much like to join the team. I was told by one of the ranking officers in the team that, as of the 2013-14 school year, the ERT was officially adopted under the Regimental S-4 staff.
I looked at the many sources I had and realized that the team was more extensively spread across cadet life than I had originally thought. I knew that the ERT unit provided care for the Rats that got injured during Rat challenge but I didn’t know that they provided care for literally anyone and everyone that is on VMI property.