Community

A community is a unique group of individuals that come together in sharing common goals or interests. Each community is distinct from another in the way they act, speak, look and through many other differences. Everyone in a community has a feeling that they belong, that they share something similar with the others in that community. They have certain aspects that are recognized by others, a person can tell when they are around a certain community by what they see or feel. An example would be walking on to a college campus; you see signs of school spirit, school colors, and students that are unique to that university. In Albany students are wearing the purple and gold, you see tables for school groups and clubs and signs for campus events. The feeling of a community is noticeable one.

Defining Culture

Here are some resources from the web to help define the meaning of the word "culture":

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/culture - the definition of culture according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

http://www.roshan-institute.org/474552 - Definition of culture from the Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute. There are many elements that make up culture.

http://www.carla.umn.edu/culture/definitions.html - Definition of culture from the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition - University of Minnesota. It also lists other educational definitions of culture from other sources.

http://anthro.palomar.edu/culture/culture_1.htm - A definition of culture from an anthropological view and going into the different layers of culture.

http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/choudhury/culture.html - Definitions and other explanations of culture.