Cyber-narratives on Love
posted by Professor Wanda's Posse at 9:57 AM
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
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- Name: Professor Wanda's Posse
- Location: College of Alameda, Alameda, CA, United States
I have a Master's Degree from the University of San Francisco in Writing, and an undergraduate degree from Holy Names College in Humanistic Studies. I write a weekly column for a local newspaper, San Francisco Bay View. I also have an Internet Radio Show: Wanda's Picks http://wwww.blogtalkradio.com/wandas-picks
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13 Comments:
Andrew Duong
Professor Sabir
English 1A 9:00AM - 9:50AM
15 February 2011
Reflection on "Love"
An object that symbolizes love in my own personal eyes is definitely the hand-watch that my dad gave me seven or eight years ago. It was given to me a few weeks after my parents filed for divorce in which I saw my dad leave our household for good. After this occurrence, rarely did I ever get to see him for he traveled back and forth from the United States to Vietnam. Soon, it became an every year routine for him and is still going on today. I believe the reason he gave me his watch was so I could remember him every time I looked at it. This may seem a bit awkward but I was only around nine or so at that time. Even though I barely got to see him, the watch around my wrist made it seem as if he was always nearby and had my back. This, in my perspective, defines the word "love". No matter what the situations are between you and your loved ones, just keep them in your heart and everything will work out. Although I have grown up from the past circumstances, the hand-watch still means extremely much to me. Till this day, I still consistently wear the watch around my left wrist.
Eleanore Johnston
professor Sabir
English 1A 9-9:50
15 February 2011
My symbol of love is the program from my uncle Mark's funeral. My uncle was beaten to death in September of 2008. Obviously, me and my family love him very much but he was also loved by the community. My uncle was an avid biker and was going to participate in an upcoming bike event in Minneapolis Minnesota were he lived. A great deal of the people participating in the event decided that they would dedicate their ride to my Uncle. Some of them even made shirts that said "Riding for Mark". Seeing how much compassion people feel for a complete stranger like my uncle made me have faith in the world again.
Adalie Villalobos
Professor Sabir
English 1A 8-8:50
17 February 2011
Love
A symbol of love is the promise ring that my boyfriend gave to me. He gave me the ring after going out for two years. Although it has not been the best of times all the time, we have still toughed out everything, good and bad. We have had many great memories and some not too good, but I think that any long lasting relationships have its ups and downs. It is whether you and the other person are willing to stick it out with eachother. We have been together three years and a half now and I always look at the promise ring he gave me whenever I think of him.
Ronald Parker
Professor Sabir
English 1A 8-8:50
17 February 2011
My symbol of love was my tatoo of my girlfriends name. We have been together for two and a half years and we bothgot eachothers name. I have been knowing her for about a total of five years now and we both know together or not we will be here for eachother. the tatoo shows that we are a bond for life, allso our forever and on going love. It also shows nothing will ever seperate us from eachother.
Zinaida Dzhilavdaryan
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1 A 8.00:8.50
17 February 2011
Its not easy to describe what love is. For every person it has various meaning. For me the biggest love in the world is a love of mother to her child. My mother will always be that one and only person who will understand me without words, who will feel my pain even in the distance, and who will except me as I am at all times and despite any circumstances. Thinking of symbol of love I imagine the bird nest, with a mother, father and a child.
Diallo Ibrehima
Professor Sabir
English 1A
17February 2011
Reflection on love
An object that symbolizes love to me is bracelets that my girl friend gave to me two years ago.she gave to me two weeks before my 21st birthday.I had a lot birthday present that but the bracelets was the most important thing to me because it symbolizing how much she loves me.The bracelets was made of string i worn on my right wrist.
Vanessa Rocha
Professor Sabir
English 1A - 8AM class
21 February 2011
A symbol of love for me is my wedding ring, given to me by my husband on the day we got married. Some people don't care that much about it, but I don't take it off of my finger for nothing. I wake up and go to sleep with it on my hand every single day. It reminds me of our covenant, it is a visible sign of a bond that unite two heart in love that has no end. Every time I feel down or sad, I just look to the ring and it reminds me that there is someone that loves me the way I am and that made a promise to stay with me forever, through good and bad.
Tyler Mecozzi
Professor Sabir
English 1A 8a.m.
22 February 2011
You broke my heart…right? wrong. You’re my heartbeat…right? wrong. You’re my love…right? wrong. I am not apathetic, and I am certainly not heart broken. I am not in love with anyone, and I am most definitely not in love with myself. What am I you may wonder…what I am is love.
“I love you.” Why? Why do you love me? Is it because I love you. Because I love you no matter what and with me, you are able to love yourself? Is it because I love what you hate about yourself, making you a complete, comfortable body? Is it because I accentuate your weaknesses and make them appear as your strengths? You love me because I show you how to love yourself.
That’s what relationships do: teach you to love yourself, your entire self, not just a portion like you already do. They make you feel confident about your drawbacks. Your counterpart lets you show your other side, and with this, comes confidence in yourself as a whole. With this confidence you begin to love yourself more and more making you happier with each barrier defeated, each relationship ended.
When you break up your heart hurts, it’s the end of the world; you’re scared you will never be able to love yourself as much as they loved you. A couple weeks pass and you begin to realize that life still goes on, you begin to feel stronger than when you were in the relationship. You enjoy things that they taught you to enjoy, without them; you enjoy yourself without them. Your love goes on…that is, if you let it.
“You need to experience others to know that they’re the right one.” Experience others in what way? You know what you like, you know what you don’t. What you need from others is their acceptance of you because you cannot accept yourself. What you need is for them to boost your ego, tell you they love your flaws because you don’t. You can’t stand yourself because you think you’re not good enough, so you need someone’s approval to keep you happy. Once you start living for yourself, all you need is your approval. All you need is your love.
You must love yourself before you can begin to love others. If you try to love others before you love yourself, you will always fall short because you will find flaws within them; you will find flaws within yourself. If you love yourself for you, then you will be able to love them for them.
Stop looking for love with another person. The answer is not them, the answer is you. Be confident in yourself. Be good to yourself. You will never leave you; you will never break your heart, and if you do, then you know how to fix it, because no one knows you better than you know yourself. Why would anyone love you if you cannot love yourself?
Julie Phoukeo
Professor Sabir
English 1A 8AM
22 Febraury 2011
An object that symbolizes the love for me is my mom’s necklace that she gave me when I graduated from High School. Its show the love she has for me and being very proud of me. Every day I know how my mother feels when she wears her necklace and because it was so special to her and for enriching my life in so many ways. My mother’s necklace is a meaningful gift, and none are more heartfelt and personal than mother necklaces. Whenever I would feel sad or lonely, my mother’s necklace will give me the warm felt emotion. Also, the necklace shows that bond by connecting mother and daughter in a timeless piece of jewelry. The necklace will be always special to me even until now I wear it.
Angela M. Vasquez
Professor Sabir
English 1A 8-8:50
2/25/11
Narrative on Love
Some people might say that love is complicated, but to me, love is quite simple. Love is the best thing that has ever happened to me. Being in love for six years has really shown me a lot about love. It has shown me that love is supposed to build you up and not break you down. Love will not hurt you and it will not make you cry. Love does not judge you. Love will continue to love on your good days, on your bad days, when you are at your best and when you are at your worst. Love will stand by you when your right and when your wrong.
For me, love is all the little things that we do for each other. It is waking up a little earlier to make him a cup of coffee. It is getting me some soup when I am sick. It is rubbing my back after a long day without me even having to ask. It is you wanting to do things for someone just because it might make their day a little better.
I am truly blessed to have someone’s unconditional love, and even more blessed to be able to give them my unconditional love in return.
Vanessa Dilworth
Professor Sabir
English 1A 9-9:50am
25 February 2011
Symbol of Love
To me love symbolizes a mixture of emotion and mind state. Love is connecting with your higher self or higher power. It is seeing reality clearly and being able to change and perfect yourself daily and being aware of your self and life. I think that love in its purest form is peace and harmony. Love is sharing and doing your best and giving to others what you would give to yourself and the more experiences we have the more knowledge we gain the more our capability to share and give deepens. I know that love doesn’t hurt. I know that real love requires loving yourself because that is where you get love from. I think it is a mixture of mind state and emotion and this combination is wisdom, too much emotion without enough thought is bad and vise versa. It is in wisdom that true love is found.
Sherri Short
Professor Sabir
English 1A (9-9:50)
25 February 2011
Symbol of Love Reflection
An object that symbolizes love to me is a snow globe with a mother and baby unicorn inside it. This was a gift to me from my brother and his wife. It is very special to me because of the story behind it. I always had more of a maternal role with my siblings, being the oldest sibling and having emotionally and physically unavailable divorced parents growing up. I loved unicorns as a little girl and my unicorn memorabilia was lost or destroyed over the years while growing up and moving out. My brother gave me the gift on my birthday years ago. He said that he wanted me to know how important it was to him to have my support during that time, all those years ago, and wanted to give me something to remind me of his appreciation. This is one of my most precious possessions and will always symbolize my brothers love for me.
Audrey Topacio
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
Narrative on Love
Love is a complicated thing. How can something supposed to make you feel happy, make you feel extremely feel terrible as well? If love is such a great thing, then why are there so many people who die or suffer because of its existence?
Love is a blessing and a burden.
Love is not for everyone.
Love is for the strong-hearted.
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