Yale University

PROMPT: Reflect on a time when you have worked to enhance a community to which you feel connected. Why have these efforts been meaningful to you? You may define community however you like. 1-7-7-6. The lock clicks and the rusty gate opens. I trudge through wormy mud in my rubber boots and twelve sheep turn around. Food? Herding sheep while volunteering at Washington Crossing Historic Park let me consider what the animal world has to teach us. Collaboration is key to productivity: how else does one steal feed? But, in the presence of wealth, they adopt an unstated policy of “every sheep for…