I appreciate how the document compared the two forms of governance: rewarding for good behavior vs instilling fear in students to prevent them from doing the wrong thing. I'm glad UVA supports the first method of governance, in that by rewarding good behavior, students grow as people and become better citizens. However, I wonder if the Honor Code reflects more so of the second type of governance? The Honor Code, with its punishment of expulsion from the university if found guilty of lying, stealing or cheating, enacts fear in students to prevent them from performing negative acts? I think the Honor Code does include these aspects of fear, but the basis of the code is to hold up a community's set of values. How can a community be just and laudable if it allows its subjects to perform immoral deeds? So, I think the Honor Code includes both aspects of "pride of character" to reward good behavior and fear to ensure the students uphold the ideals of the UVA community.

This point regarding the sharing of knowledge, I think, is very poignant here at UVA because the university fosters the ideals of teamwork. The Lawn and the architecture around it were built so that professors and students could live close together and build a community. Many courses at UVA support discussion and assignments in groups. Communities are important because it allows the discussion of knowledge so more new ideas can come to fruition. This statement of passing on knowledge, as it changes with new additions, can be seen at this university because students are constantly making new discoveries and sharing it with the university to make it better as a whole. This is a great ideal to have because the pursuit of knowledge benefits more when there are many teams of minds at work rather than a few isolated minds.

I appreciate how one of the main aspects of the foundation of the University was a focus on writing to express our thoughts. These days, universities are going away from a liberal arts education and only focusing on the academics needed for specific career. I think its good that UVA makes us take a First and Second Writing Requirement and a general education curriculum like the Engagements because it helps us as students develop different ideas and improve our writing skills. The goal of the University from the beginning was to help us express our thoughts so others can understand them. I think that through the Engagements, we are learning new ideas and how to express them to make ourselves into ideal citizens of the community. -Courtney Bryan crb2re

I find it very interesting that a main idea behind the layout of the lawn was for safety reasons. I always thought the layout of the lawn was to keep to professors and students all close together and form a community. I never realized the safety aspects such as protection from fire and infection. If a fire breaks out in the rooms of the lawn, everyone opens their door and they're outside. If a fire breaks out in a dorm, people must run through hallways and stairwells to get outside, which adds time. Infection is also less able to spread in lawn rooms since each room is its separate entity, compared to dorms connected by a hallway and air vents, providing an incubating enclosed area for sickness. I appreciate the focus on safety for the design of the lawn rooms.

• Courtney Bryan crb2re