Today in class we responded to the Martin King sermon on love. If you didn't post your three paragraph essay, do so later. Don't worry about page numbers (it isn't paginated).
We also did two MLA quizzes and I returned the Sentence Punctuation quizzes. We will put those in the envelop as well outside my office. Some quizzes didn't have names on them.
I plan to put the Sentence Punctuation essays in an envelop outside L-235, no later than Friday, Feb. 19 (by 10 AM). If you are not here, get it Monday, Feb. 22, after class.
I gave students index cards who hadn't completed the syllabus assignment. For students who got a hard copy of the syllabus, read the syllabus on-line, you might have an earlier draft of the syllabus which I corrected and gave out. There are also copies outside my office (L-235) to pick up (check the bin).
Homework
Read up to chapter 10 in Half the Sky (all of chapter 9). We will continue in our Literature Circles on Monday (read handout). In Pidd continue up to page 85. We will talk about Essay 2, Pronoun Agreement next week on Monday.
We also did two MLA quizzes and I returned the Sentence Punctuation quizzes. We will put those in the envelop as well outside my office. Some quizzes didn't have names on them.
I plan to put the Sentence Punctuation essays in an envelop outside L-235, no later than Friday, Feb. 19 (by 10 AM). If you are not here, get it Monday, Feb. 22, after class.
I gave students index cards who hadn't completed the syllabus assignment. For students who got a hard copy of the syllabus, read the syllabus on-line, you might have an earlier draft of the syllabus which I corrected and gave out. There are also copies outside my office (L-235) to pick up (check the bin).
Homework
Read up to chapter 10 in Half the Sky (all of chapter 9). We will continue in our Literature Circles on Monday (read handout). In Pidd continue up to page 85. We will talk about Essay 2, Pronoun Agreement next week on Monday.
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Sideeq Islam
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
Free Write on MLK Jr.’s Sermon
Love Your Enemy.
I am not a big fan of the “turn the other cheek” idea but I can really get with the notion of loving ones enemy. For someone who has this as a “basic philosophical and theological orientation” as Dr. King stated, it is very simple to just follow the rules. For those that don’t get it, I think that the first thing that needs to be done is to gather a few definitions before really exploring this idea. The first of which is “love” and the second is “enemy.”
“Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against one of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself”, (Leviticus 19:18). Love can be defined in many and different ways relative to each individual. If you follow the loving your enemy the way you love yourself idea then love should be defined by you and for you. This only works for the righteous and not for those who are warped in their thinking. If you love yourself by getting as high on drugs as you possibly can then you have some personal love issues and are in need of a “Love Yourself” sermon.
According to Dr. King, “people will not like you, not because of something you have done to them, but they just won’t like you”. This is prejudice and if you base your interactions with people by those that hold prejudices then you would spend your life burdened by adjustments from person to person or just pissed with everyone. Of course enemies come in different complexities but that basic love for all others will relieve you of the stress of sorting.
In my faith our greeting, “As Salaam Alaikum” means “May The Peace (that only G’d can give) be upon you”. This greeting is extended to the world in hopes that even our enemies are found by this Peace. The idea simply eliminates all of your adversaries and the true expression of love is attained.
Lucia Fallah
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
"Loving Your Enemies"
How can you love a person(s) that despises you? Dr. Martin Luther King said “Thou shall love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy.’ But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that despitefully use you; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven.”
To love means to care signifying acceptance. I believe that love can save the world, express how much you love a person. The statement that people will dislike you because of who you are is important. Maybe because of your hair, skin color, attitude, life style, environment, but it does not justify you disliking him/her in return. Always fine the good in people, no matter the situation or circumstances’; loving your enemies is bringing out the best that doesn’t exist in the eyes of others. Love has one meaning but different interpretation and different ways of expression.
According to Dr. King “Another way that you love your enemy is this: When the opportunity presents itself for you to defeat your enemy that is the time which you must not do it. There will come a time, in many instances, when the person who hates you most, the person who has misused you most, the person who has gossiped about you most, the person who has spread false rumors about you most, there will come a time when you will have an opportunity to defeat that person. It might be in terms of a recommendation for a job; it might be in terms of helping that person to make some move in life.” You have the power to revenge, the power to redeem against your enemies, the power to destroy, turn all your powers into love and hand it over. Now that’s how you love your enemies.
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