The only people who attend youth groups are the perfect kids who never do anything wrong and go to church every week and discuss God and what's going on in their lives. Many people believe this is a stereotype, but as I do my research I find this to be completely wrong. While there may be children within this community, they do not represent it as a whole, they are just a small part of a larger group. When you observe a group of people, you categorize them based on how they look, behave, or speak. Gee says that to be recognized as part of a certain community you have to “Speak the right way, but you also have to act and dress the right way” (p. 440). Even if people don't realize it, all these factors add up to form discursive communities. Rarely do people take the time to look deeper at those communities to understand them better. Christianity began more than 2000 years ago with Jesus Christ and his disciples. Jesus traveled through the villages preaching religion and teaching people about God's will. Jesus would eventually die for man's sins, but three days later he would be resurrected and give hope to the world. Jesus became known as the messiah of the Christian religion and as the teacher of God. People now continue to tell his stories and worship him today in what is known as Christianity. There are all different ways that people come together to worship and praise God and one way that is popular among teenagers is youth groups because it allows them to learn about God, but in a modern and more fun way. The room filled with light, and I turned the corner and saw a group of teenagers standing with their hands in the air as they sang songs I had never heard before. Or... half of the paper... during the entire service I never felt out of place or unwelcome there. I felt like I was immediately accepted as one of them and became friends with all of them. All different types of people hang out in these groups and it's not just "swag" and "church kids" like people seem to think, it's all just people trying to express their opinions among their peers. When I first walked through those doors and walked into that dark room with Connor, I was a little skeptical about what I was getting myself into, but when I walked out I had a whole new outlook on youth groups. Works Cited Aitken, Connor, Personal Interview, October 12, 2011 Cavolo, James P. “Investigation Tools and Discourses.” Exploring the language. New York: Pearson Custom Publishing, 2009. 440-451. Print.Kennedy, Philip. Christianity: An Introduction. New York: IB Tauris, 2011. Print.