๐๐Poem: Loving Students, Teaching at a University, and Finding My Purpose๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐พ๐พ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐พ๐พ
Positive Outlook on Life: Mental Heath is Wealth๐๐
It starts with love . . . and finding your passion . . . I suffer from PTSD, for I have seen things on the streets of Los Angeles that no human should ever see: Hell, for I have lived in poverty and once gave up hope, but I never gave up my dream to help others. โฆ. This is my story . .
โAn intelligent mind is one which is constantly learning,โ -Bruce Lee
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Poem: The Power of the Passion for Pedagogy
having no desire to learn. . .
struggling in school, fighting to survive. . .
creating my own gang, only to scare others awayโฆ
learnings way to find joy.. ..
disliking learning nothing at school. . .
studying at the UCLA library, reseaching more. . .
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finding a new way . . .
loving Bruce Lee by praciting more. . .
creating a fight club to learn martial arts . . .
joining gymnastics and becoming a great competitor. . .
reading daily, . . .
studying nightly, more and more . . .
practicing always, trying to learn about life. .
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becoming a professor. . .
running a writing program as the director. . .
having over 60 part time instructors under my curriculum . .
overseeing a writing lab and an online version,
helping students writer. . .
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Thank you for reading this. . When my Korean mother died of cancer at a young age, I felt my life had been a failure.
I ran her businesses and all of them failed because of her death.
So I earned an MA and PhD in her memory.
Thank you mother. I am crying writing this. I had no one to invited to my graduation, so I didn't have one. I thought of you, and I still do. I miss you.
Rest in Peace. . . Your son became a professor, so valued in Korea, where I was born.
About the Creator
SAMURAI SAM AND WILD DRAGONS ๐๐
DR. WAYNE STEIN Ted Talk Speaker, Amazon Author, Asian Gothic Scholar; Yoga Certified, Black Belts. Writer Program Admin, Writing Center Director, Cancer Survivor, Korean Born , Raised in Japan and Italy, grew up In Los Angeles. ๐๐
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โIt is truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.โ โ Jiddu Krishnamurti ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐
By SAMURAI SAM AND WILD DRAGONS ๐๐ 6 days ago in Poets
Comments (9)
Love your testimony and your mom would be so proud. You just encouraged me with this writing. You doing what you love doing awesome success and helping others at the same time
I have always felt that you also learn by growing and growing by learning. It appears that you have mastered both.
This is such a powerful journey.
Your testimony is very inspiring! Thx so much for sharing! ๐
Excellent, my friend. You've got quite the credentials.
You've accomplished the things that help and inspire others. That is truly cool!
WOW
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