Thursday, June 22, 2006
The Buzz About Love
I asked the following question in class: Have you ever fallen in love?
A sizable number skirted the issue: what do you mean by love? Hmmm what else would I mean by it? "No," they would justify, "you may mean parental love, or fraternal love, or philial love." True, these are loves but romantic love is juicier. :P
Many were honest and frankly gave their yes's and no's. Some would blush, and flutter their eyelashes and say, "hee hee, yes." There was one who vehemently declared, "no, sir, errr father, no, no no!"
I laud the couples in class who openly admitted their relationships: to the extent of sharing how they fight, how they patch up, their terms of endearment. It's great to hear from real-life couples and see what actually happens in a committed relationship. Thank you very much for sharing your loving relationship with us.
My point is this: before we could talk about love we have first to experience it. As one student wrote, "can love ever be defined?" I agree with her. This brings me to the next question: But why begin with love in the first place? Why so in a class of Morality?
What do you think? ΒΆ 11:32 pm
A sizable number skirted the issue: what do you mean by love? Hmmm what else would I mean by it? "No," they would justify, "you may mean parental love, or fraternal love, or philial love." True, these are loves but romantic love is juicier. :P
Many were honest and frankly gave their yes's and no's. Some would blush, and flutter their eyelashes and say, "hee hee, yes." There was one who vehemently declared, "no, sir, errr father, no, no no!"
I laud the couples in class who openly admitted their relationships: to the extent of sharing how they fight, how they patch up, their terms of endearment. It's great to hear from real-life couples and see what actually happens in a committed relationship. Thank you very much for sharing your loving relationship with us.
My point is this: before we could talk about love we have first to experience it. As one student wrote, "can love ever be defined?" I agree with her. This brings me to the next question: But why begin with love in the first place? Why so in a class of Morality?
What do you think? ΒΆ 11:32 pm
