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Impact On Honor Society

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When I received a letter from Phi Theta Kappa a year or so ago, I was unaware of the impact joining the organization would have on my personal life. From my engagement with Phi Theta Kappa, I can now say that I have experienced the profound impact such a distinction can have on a student’s intellectual and professional development throughout their college careers. Many would agree that a student’s direct involvement with honors programs and honor societies is beneficial, but rarely is it addressed that these student-based organizations have just as big of an impact on their surrounding communities. By recognizing that these impacts happen because honor societies foster and encourage a specific set of values within an activity system, we are closer to being able to analyze such organizations as effective discourse communities. Following are six secondary sources I have gathered to complement my research. Much of them have to do with analyzing the impact honor societies have in general, …show more content…

In addition, the article may contain a bit of bias since Jones is primarily writing about the honor societies established at Texas A&M University; his employer. Although biased, Jones does have the credibility needed to comment about the benefits and successes of the honor societies at Texas A&M University.
As with other articles, Jones’ piece can benefit my project because he provides evidence that honor societies have a collective benefit. Not only do they develop and foster values of scholarship and excellence within directly affiliated community members, but they also benefit their surrounding communities. In Jones’ case the surrounding community being benefited was Texas A&M University itself. Perhaps, for my research, that is also the case. It may be that a consequential benefit of student engagement with honor societies is the overall reputation of the educational

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