A communtiy of slackers

It’s interesting to note that within a larger community exist many smaller ones. The website http://www.coveringcommunities.org/PDFs/SevenknowledgekeysNEW.pdf says to effectively cover a community a journalist must know their community. The website lays out seven ways to do this.
One such community-one I like to call the community of slackers- was a group of friends who would inhabit the smoking section in a local diner through the late night hours every weekend. Long nights of conversations so long it out last a wait staff’s shift. But it wasn’t just the intimate group of friends that made the smoked filled room a community, it was the diverse group of people who would drift in and out table to table engaging each other.
It was a group of people that would frequent this place that would bring with unique perspectives. The information passed between off duty cops, drunks, city officials, church groups and even habitual drug users, could provide a unique perspective on the underside of a larger community.

Introduction.

My name is Matt Dewey. I am a student at the Cambridge Campus of ARCC. I'm finnishing up my AA, give or take a semester. I currently write for the inkspot, and I am interested in writing (or at least learning how to write). I am married with two kids that keep me busy.