Quote of the day

“Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilised by education: they grow there, firm as weeds among stones.”  (Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre)

"Ignorance, the root and stem of every evil." (Plato) 

Write a statement about a virtue or a vice, a quality or a flaw, using a metaphor (nature or other) to explore it.  Don't forget to sign your name!  Feel free to comment on other posts.

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Focus on the setting of a novel you've read (any novel, in any language, just not the one you'll be presenting to the class).  What sort of "world" is it?  How large or small, open or restrictive?  What are its rules, values, beliefs, and customs?  Do the characters fit comfortably in their world or are they in opposition to it?  Is this shown to be a good or bad thing?

When I was little, my favorite book was... because...

Share with the class the name of the book and the reason you loved it!