We are going to look at some interesting questions today... Creative Thinking We are going to look at some interesting questions today...

Synectics Makes the familiar strange and the strange familiar. It is the basis of all metaphor and involves the process of creative problem-solving. Each of the following sets of questions ask for choices between unrelated answers. There is no single correct answer, but you must explain your choice.

Answer and provide an explanation for at least 5 of the following. 1. Which is wiser? a pen or a pencil? 2. Which is easier to forgive? a street or a sidewalk? 3. Which is smarter? a clock or a calendar? 4. Which is easier to teach? a question or an answer? 5. Which is like a contest? a cloud or a sunset? 6. Which is more fearful? new or old? 7. Which is like a promise? mathematics or science? 8. Which is more difficult? a dream or a nightmare? 9. Which is braver? an hour or a year? 10. Which has more pride? an entrance or an exit?

Answer and provide an explanation for at least 5 of the following. 11. Which is easier to close? a road or a map? 12. Which is like a legend? a mirror or glass? 13. Which is more suspenseful? rain or snow? 14. Which has less charm? a signature or an autograph? 15. Which is more trustworthy? history or literature? 16. Which is more useful? a friend or an enemy? 17. Which is sadder? seek or find? 18. Which costs more? a home or a house? 19. Which is happier? music or art? 20. Which is like a valentine? the truth or a lie?

Would You Rather…? There is no single correct answer, but you must pick ONE and explain your choice.

Pick ONE option per question and explain your choice. Would you rather have go-go-gadget arms or go-go-gadget legs? Would you rather go to Europe or Africa? Would you rather be invincible or invisible? Would you rather eliminate hunger or eliminate war?

Pick ONE option per question and explain your choice. Would you rather be blind or deaf? Would you rather give up soap or toothpaste? Would you rather give up music or movies? Would you rather experience short-term or long-term memory loss?

Pick ONE option per question and explain your choice. Would you rather have your text messages read in public or wear your underwear in public? Would you rather lie to your parents or lie to your best friend? Would you rather always lose or never play? Would you rather give bad advice or take bad advice?

Pick ONE option per question and explain your choice. Would you rather dump someone else or be the person getting dumped? Would you rather be 4'5" or 7'7"? Would you rather lose half your hair or lose half your hearing? Would you rather go without the internet or a car for a month?

Pick ONE option per question and explain your choice. Would you rather find true love or 10 million dollars? Would you rather own a ski lodge or a surf camp? Would you rather spend the day surfing the internet or the ocean? Would you rather choose your teachers or choose your classmates?

Pick ONE option per question and explain your choice. Would you rather have $100,000 right now or $1,000 a month for the rest of your life? Would you rather be Superman or Batman? Would you rather be a hippie or a gangsta?

Pick ONE option per question and explain your choice. Would you rather have $150 in quarters or $100 in paper money? Would you rather eat pancakes or waffles? Would you rather feel like you’re going to sneeze all of the time or feel like you’re falling all of the time? Would you rather have loved and lost or to have never loved at all?

Pick ONE option per question and explain your choice. Would you go to a distant planet or travel in time? Would you rather read only textbooks or read only romance novels? Would you rather have narcolepsy or insomnia? Would you rather have it be daytime all day or nighttime all day? Would you rather live in the past or future?