Class Discussion

We didn’t have class on Friday because we didn’t have school so Friday was our last class of the week! Mr. Schick decided to make it like a college class so we didn’t use our laptops or took notes, we just had a discussion. We talked about the Greeks and some old stories that were told ages ago. The story was about prisoners that were kept in this cave ever since they were little kids and had chains around their legs so they couldn’t move. They had to sit and stare at a wall for their whole life! There was a big fire behind them but they could not see it because they couldn’t turn around. Some people, that weren’t prisoners, would use signs that looked like animals and people and walk across this bridge and carry the signs. The signs would create an image on the walls in front of the prisoners and the prisoners would try to guess what the image was. The images usually would tell a story. The prisoners would play games to try to guess what each of the sings were and would get a prize. We talked about how if those prisoners were given the chance to be set free and live in the real world would they? They know nothing other than what they learned being a prisoner in a dark cave! I say that personally, if I were the prisoner, I would want to be set free but I wouldn’t know what to do or how to live on my own! It would be very difficult.