Synectics

Synectics: 1. I think a pencil is wiser than a pen because when a pencil gets dull, you can always sharpen it again. A pen will always run out of ink and you can never sharpen it, so when it dies, it dies forever. A pencil will eventually die though, but it is still wiser.

2. I think a sidewalk is easier to forgive because it is smaller and safer to be on, you might not be able to forgive a street if you get killed by a moving car. A sidewalk might just hurt you because you fall on it, but it's not as easy to forgive a street.

3. I think a clock is smarter than a calender because it keeps track of seconds, minutes, and hours. Plus, a clock's hands can move around on their own. A calender only keeps track of holidays and the days of the year, but you have to flip it every month.

4. I think that it is easier to teach an answer because there can be a ton of answers that you can share for one question, but if you teach a question, someone else will have to find out the answers by themselves.

5. I think sunsets are a contest because there are so many different colors it can change to and the sunset is always moving as it sets out of the sky every night.

6. I think the old is more fearful, because you can look bad at the old and have horrible memories, but you can't look forward at the new because you don't know what's going to happen so it's a mystery.

7. I think mathematics is more like a promise because you will always know how and you will be right most of the time. Also, you will know it for a lot longer because you need math for everything. Science is usually just an educated guess, so it can never be a promise of what will happen to the earth, humans and animals.

8. I think a dream is more difficult because if it's a really good dream, and you wake up you'll be upset because it didn't really happen, but when you wake up from a nightmare, you're like yes because it didn't really happen.

9. I think a year is braver because it has to go through 365 days and keep track of everything and an hour is only 60 minutes, which is not that long and not as many things can happen. Also, so much more can happen in a year than in an hour and you will have a lot more memories from such a longer amount of time.

10. I think an exit has more pride because some people are happy to walk out from places and it takes a lot more courage to walk out then to walk in because it's fun to walk in, but it can be really hard to walk out.

11. I think a road is easier to close because all you have to do is put up a road closed sign, but to close a map, you have to fold it over like 10 times before you get it right. It takes a while to fold up maps because of all the creases of being folded before.

12. I think glass is like a legend because if we didn't have glass, we wouldn't have windows or glasses to drink out of. Mirrors are just something to look into to see if you look good. Also, glass makes a very important thing, glasses for people to see out of them. If someone needed glasses and looked in the mirror, they wouldn't be able to see anything, so glass is more of a legend.

13. I think snow is more suspenseful because you have to worry about going out and driving in the snow more than having to drive out in the rain. Snow is more hard because you have to shovel it all up, and you don't have to shovel up rain.

14. I think an autograph has less charm because mainly only famous people sign out autographs, but you can actually read a signature and signatures are important for businesses and such.

15. I think literature is more trustworthy because the people alive today are guessing about what happened in history based on things they find. Literature is stories people wrote and can be more interesting and true.

16. I think a friend is more useful because they will always be there for you, but an enemy will only bring bad things into your life, and no one needs that. Usually friends come and go, but you'll always have someone there for you.

17. I think seeking is sadder because if you lost your pet, trying to find it would be a lot sadder than actually finding it because in your head the whole time you'd be thinking what if I'm doing this for nothing, what if I can't find it. When you find it I think you'd be happy not sad.

18. I think a home costs more because a home is supposed to be comfy like home sweet home, not house sweet house. You have to pay a lot more for something to go into your home and it may have more memories than just a house. A home has liveliness too.

19. I think art is happier because you can express yourself by drawing, coloring and painting. You can do this yourself but just listening to music isn't something you made, it's still happy but you can't say hey I wrote that song, but you can say, look at that awesome drawing I drew.

20. I think truth is more like a valentine because people would rather hear the truth rather than a lie, no matter how bad the truth is, it's better than lying and getting caught.