Following
is an excerpt from, 'Is
There a Relationship Between Functional Success and Struggle?' prepared by Dorothy Davis,
1994.
Source:Master's Thesis: Group Development in the Sandhills of Nebraska
.........people living here have a
perception of individuality and uniqueness. Varenne describes it this way in
American Together, "...prevent the urban reader...from assuming that Appleton
(Thedford) is in any way a socially and ideologically homogeneous unit. This
assumption is probably one of the most common, and fondest, myths that urban American
entertain about rural Midwestern towns, myths frequently restated by urban journalists
reporting on localities where they have spent a few hours (1977).........There is a
feeling of being on the brink of an adventure..........
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