Blog Post 14 (Special Assignment)

1. Why did you miss the metaphor in Tom Johnson's post, or, if you "hit the nail on the head", why do you think you understood the metaphor and why do you think that others in the class missed the metaphor? Everyone was probably doing the same thing I was and this is just reading the post and trying to write about it as quickly as possible instead of truely trying to find the meaning in this metaphor.

2. What metaphors have you encountered since I asked you to create a log of them? There are several metaphors I hear at work all the time. One is "Time flies by, when your having fun"



3. What other things can we do as educators to help our students to understand and to use metaphors? By breaking down the metaphors piece by piece and then show them what this metaphor means and why and what context they could be used in.

4. Why do we use metaphors? I think people use metaphors because they can be fun and also because it is a catchy way of saying things.