MLS Humanities, Metaphors and Similes

 By Nate Feldman

            Title: Education in Ancient Greece

 

Attitudes Towards Education:

*Greeks viewed it as the foundation of a virtuous life; considered an essential way to be a part of the society

 

Curriculum:

*Elementary Education: Simple Math and Language

Gymnasium: Physical Education

Secondary: Rhetoric and speech and science

 

 

 

 

 

 

*How education can change a person

1. How do you think you’ve grown and changed since you first started going to school?

2. Do you think going to college or a university changes people even more?

3. What are your attitudes about self-education?  Do you think people are able to teach things themselves without teachers?

 

Metaphor:

*This room is freezing.  This room is a refrigerator.  This room is an ice box.  This room, last session, was an oven. 

*The computers in LTC are sloths. 

 

Simile:

*This room is so cold.  It’s as cold as a refrigerator.  This room is so cold.  It’s as cold as the North Pole.  The room was so hot last session, it was like the desert.  It was like Death Valley.

*The computers in LTC are slow like a turtle. 

*The computers in LTC are as old as the pyramids of Egypt. 

 

For discussion:

*Use similes and metaphors to talk about your life here in Philly.

Example: I use the SEPTA, but I hate it because it’s a garbage can. 

I live with my roommate.  They are so messy!  He/she is a pig!