Monday, February 09, 2009

 

Love Cyber Post Feb. 9-16

This week we will look at the concept love. Valentine's Day is a time when people reflect on those feeling they might have for a special loved one. We are going to look more broadly at this concept, expressed in three Greek terms for love: agape, philia and eros. Martin King wrote a speech about love, and said in this reflection on the term, that agape was the love closest to the kind of love God has for creation.

Here is the link for Martin King's essay. Read it and be prepared to talk about it in class on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2009.

http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/publications/sermons/571117.002_Loving_Your_Enemies.html

The freewrite today was on love, which you can post here anonymously. I don't want you to use your real name, post anonymously and comment on another writer's post and then check back after Valentine's Day and post a follow-up reflection.

What are your thoughts on V-Day? For some V-Day is a day to reflect on violence against women. For others, V-Day is a day for romance: candlelight, flowers, chocolate. It is a day Hallmark makes a killing, along with Sees candy stores. Tuesday, Feb. 10, 12:00 or so, until early afternoon, there will be a dating game, STD testing, and other fun/educational activities in the F-Bldg. or Student Lounge.

Wednesday's homework re: love is to bring in an object that symbolizes love to you. Be prepared to make a brief presentation on love and why your chose the object. Post the explanation here by 2/12.

Other homework has to do with Stewart Pidd. The morning class was engaged as students worked in small groups on Errors 2, 3, and 5. We shared paragraphs. Students who hadn't completed their homework, used the time to complete the sentence error exercises. We are up to page 41. Make sure you have completed the paragraphs for Errors 2-4. For homework, students will complete the chapter and bring in their paragraphs and introductions and conclusions.

We will assemble the essay together Wednesday, Feb. 18 and talk about Part 3 (pp. Identifying Prepositional Phrases and Verb Phrases). There are no classes Feb. 13-Feb. 16.

We were speaking about "agape," in class today. One reference was to Jesus or God. This type of love is god-like, selfless and spiritual (American Heritage Dictionary).

Agave, not agape is the plant that the alcoholic beverage Tequila is made from, so the reflection I made regarding the secular nature of agape, or perhaps the fact that this kind of love could also intoxicate, was wrong...linguistically anyway.

I thought being drunk with love for humanity is an interesting analogy, still is, especially if one references the poet/mystic Rumi who speaks of drunkenness with the wine of God. Hum, I wonder how many words for love exist in the Persian language and in Arabic? Rumi was Persian.

Comments:
eng 201 B
mw 10-12

??? which book do we need to have finished chapter one? and the intro and conclusion? it was kind of ambiguous for me? and i don't have any notes for completing a ch.1 except for 'Dreams of My Father" and what conclusion? Thank you for the clarifying...
Sincerely Mr. Timothy E.
 
also where is the link for mlk?
 
Love is a strong word to say to another indiviual. It must be used with the most caution. Saying "i love you" to someone and not meaning it, could hurt the person on the receiving end more than one could imagine. There are different types of love. There's the unconditional love that one would say to a family memeber, or a best friend. Then there's the "I m in love with you" kind of love. This is the kind of love that everyone wants to be in. In my opinion this kind of love is the best one. Don't ever let that person go if you feel like you can't live without them.
 
eng 201 B
m,w 1- 250
Love can mean a lot of things. Every living thing is incorporated with love because as long as you have a family theirs someone that loves you. Their's a lot of different ways to love though because thier's love be amongst family member or love shared between a person who you are in a relationship with. Valentines day is the special day you share with the person who you're in a relationship with.
 
eng 201 B
m,w 1- 250
Love can mean a lot of things. Every living thing is incorporated with love because as long as you have a family theirs someone that loves you. Their's a lot of different ways to love though because thier's love be amongst family member or love shared between a person who you are in a relationship with. Valentines day is the special day you share with the person who you're in a relationship with.
 
The book is Dreams. Perhaps you didn't hear me when I stated this in class. Dreams is the only book with chapters that we are reading. Students can keep reading if they like; make sure you keep a reading log for each chapter.

You must have put away Stewart Pidd while I was pointint out the pages. the conclusion for Essay 1: Sentence Errors, is in Part 2 of the book. I included page numbers for the assignment. Read it again more slowly.
 
201B

My thoughts on V-Day is I think it is wondeful day to show how much you actually care about someone by going out your way to make they happy by showering them with love and gifts.
 
There are so many love... Love with your family, love with your friends, and love with your special one. Being loved, or loving and cherishing someone is a great feeling on this earth.
If you love somebody, I think you should always say "I love you" to that person. Whoever could be that person; your mother, friends, boyfriend/girlfriend... You have to let them know that how much you care about your loved ones.
 
Free write: Love
English 201 B

Love for me, is such a extensive and complex word that is even harder to try to describe it. As we all know, love is a chemical reaction of neurotransmitters in the brain, but we fall short on words when we try to describe the magical moment when a mother and a child find themselves for the first time. Also it is beyond understanding when humanity al large, without borders, religion, race or culture, stands to protect and defend voiceless creatures. GreenPeace, Feed the Childreen, Unicef, are a few examples of international organizations committed to that cause.
Love is one of the most basic feelings that tie us together. Since the “Romeo and Juliet” to Hershey’s chocolate kisses, we always find the perfect way to say:” I Love you”.
Crazy love, sweet love, spiritual love, maternal love, unconditional love… no matter the type, just that it makes us feel alive.

Mushi-mu.
 
Freewrite: Love...
201B
M/W 10-1150AM


Love for me means many,many things. There is a Love of life which i feel is necessary to maintain b/c if im not living life and pursuing what makes me happy,stronger and better off. I'd basically be dead inside. There's also this instinctive love of family;the people who have should/have been there throughout lifes many obstacles. Finally,Love of a significant other/spouse. Love that most people dream about and search the world over for.
I am blessed to have them all = ]
 
Eng 210B
02/09/09
mw 10-12
“Love”-free-write

Love is a beautiful thing, it is exciting, crazy, and can be painful. All of us were made to love. We are made to love ourselves, our creator, and to love others. my views on love are, we are made by our creator out of love; because our creator wanted to love and in return we must love and trust our creator. Love is ageless, shapeless, and has no boundaries. I do not believe “until death do you part.” I believe love is in this life, and the next. For our bodies have boundaries but love does not. We must feel pain from feeling love, for if we did not we could take the feeling of love for granted..
Sincerely,
The White Rabbit.
 
Love can be justified in many different definitions. According to my ideal of the phrase "love" is a healer because love is an emotional expression used to set forth comfort. Love doesn't always have to involve sex. Love comes from within and the heart should be filled with warmth and understanding to express openly without any planning. Love is random. Love should be shown everyday not just valentines day because that's not true love.

SJ
 
Yeju Munankarmi

9th February,09

English 201 A (1:00-2:50)



Valentine’s Day

February 14, I heard that in this day most of the people express their love to their beloved. This day is worthy for all the lovers. I am happy that this year I am also going to say someone that I love him so much. I can live my whole life with him. Before I was in love I used to think that this day is wasteful. It’s useless to celebrate. People just party around and just act as they love with each other. No sooner with the starting of the next day they too start to hate each other. These all things made me the negative thinking towards Valentine’s Day. But now I am in love and I can say that how desperately I am waiting for 14th February. Those people who really love each other are making this day alive. It’s not just about having party, drinking and dancing but its all about love. When love touches, the whole world seems to be beautiful; everything seems to be right and perfect. Let’s make alive the day as a holy day, as a day for lovers. I just want to wish you all a very happy Valentine’s Day.

I post it in wrong place before.
 
How can I say this? LOVE. Love is like a river that never end. Love can take you high above the sky. Love sometimes Hot and Cold. love is so unconditionally. love can be so happy. But to me, love hurts.
 
English 201B M/W

Dance is love, because it can make you feel lifted and it can cause you pain. Like good love, after a big performance it can make you stronger. Just like a bad break up, like a bad performance dancing can break you down. The way love lives through your heart, so does music through dancing. Love comes in all shapes and sizes. Dancing comes in any types of movements and types of dances. In Ballet it can send you through a roller coaster ride, twisting and twirling in circles, like a bad relationship. Dancing is just the free movements of your feet, they move the way they want. Just like love it will take you anywhere.

signed
x FEMME AMOR
 
MISS LOVELY
English 201B
Mon/Wed 10-12

Free Write: Love

Love is a strong word we feel, show and use. It’s a feeling from your heart that you would feel for family friend, loved one, place, thing etc. You show love to people you care about. For example being kind, helpful etc, is a way to show feeling towards another person that is important to you. Love is something beautiful you feel. It’s a passion for someone or something you love. Love can be used in many ways. I would say I use love a lot and I show it also to people who mean the most important to me. That’s something I take seriously. Also its not something easy to say. Love is a special feeling especially towards your partner. Since valentine day is coming up, it’s the best way to show how much a person means to you. Love is a nice feelingJ
 
Free Write: Love
Love can be anything. Everybody thinks of love and Valentine Day differently. Valentine Day is coming up. My thoughts about Valentine Day are a day where people surprise other people with gifts or even just a card. It doesn’t matter if it is a friend or even a pet; it’s how you show your love on Valentine Day.

-JK
English 201A MW 1-250 SPR09
 
Love

February, 14th is Valentine’s Day. To me, Valentine’s Day is a day to celebrate love. It is a day to express your love by giving or receiving flowers, candy and/or chocolate along with a card to your beloved ones. Many people do not share my thoughts. Their opinions for Valentine’s Day might just another day on the Calendar or could be one of the worst days of their lives for a few. I can understand their feelings because I’ve experienced the pain from love in the past on Valentine’s Day. Love can be very painful sometimes but we should all make the best out of it. Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! I hope everyone has special plans for their love ones this Saturday.

English 201B, MW 1-2:50
 
Adries Ahmed
Eng 201A

Every one likes to be loved. To recieve love you must give. i agree with love does have more power than money and respect. Love is the only thing money cant buy.
 
Sabah Said
2/14/09
English 201B
Mon/Wed 10-12

Present on Love symbol

I present a picture of my niece and nephew. It represents Philia which is love for family and I would say it symbolizes agape meaning loving them unconditionally. I spoil them a lot and they look up to me. My niece is older which is turning 3 this month; my nephew is turning 1 next month. My niece is closer to me since she’s a little older. She loves doing things just like me and like coming everywhere with me. I would always baby sit my nephew so he feels comfortable with me, and I also play with him. My niece and nephew live with me and I love that, there always around. I have a strong bond with them. They will always be apart of my life.
 
Treana Penn
English 201B
M/W 10-12

Symbol of Love Presentation: A Cover/Blanket

Agape: [noun] Unselfish love of one person for another without sexual implications; brotherly love

Cover: [noun] To give warmth, protect from cold

To me a symbol of love is a cover or a blanket. Some things that I look for, in love is, warmth, protection and shelter. All of those things you can find in an cover or a blanket. I feel that love can come in any form, but it has to be good love that makes you feel good inside. Like a cover, when you receive a hug it is filled with warm sensations. Somebody who loves you will protect you from any type of danger. Just as a cover will protect you from anything that is cold, which many people rather not be cold. I feel a cover represents the word, "Agape" meaning to love unselfishly something or someone and a cover can have no boundaries to its duties of love. A cover can never cause you, pain which is the type of love I enjoy.
 
I feel that people shouldn't close themselves up because of previous relationships that ended in heartbreak. People should have open hearts when it comes to love and relationships. Love makes the world a better place. Most avoid love because they fear getting hurt. Others avoid love because hey feel as if it makes them less of who they are or "soft" as most people put it.
With all this being said, one has to love themselves before they can love someone else. Love yourself mentally, physically and spiritually. Sometime people go looking for love when they haven't found themselves yet. But when that time arrives as LL Cool J said in his song "I Need Love," "make yourself seen." Everyone needs love, without love there is no life. Love is not soft at all, in fact it's very powerful.

-Brooks
Eng 201
 
Valentines Day means nothing to me. Just people getting together expressing their feelings for each other. People can express how they feel any day. But it's not my intentions to rain on anyone's parade. Valentines Day is a cute day, full of love and emotions.

-Brooks
Eng 201
 
LOVE HURTS

Love is a strong word that may expressed in a very emotional feeling. Everyone needs love. Without love, there will be a emptiness inside of me. What hurts me the most is when I fall in love with the man I love who broke my heart and it seem as my heart is broken into pieces. I couldn’t sleep, eat, or do anything else. Eventually I was able to let the past go and move forward with my life. I was surprise that love is my weakness. After my first time being heart broken, I warned myself not to feel the way I felt, because I experienced the most tragic moment of my life.

My thought on Valentine’s day is very excited because I know it’s a day where people shows love for each other. It is a joyful day to see happiness around with whom we care and love the most.
 
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