Essay #2

            If Elbert Hubbard and Socrates traveled to the present I would imagine that they would be both amazed and surprised what were like today. I’d imagine Elbert would think that were the same as people were in the late 1800’s to the early 1900’s. We are always trying to get out of doing extra work or asking questions to waste time. We stall and even just don’t do it. Most people hate their jobs and would quit if they had a choice. Elbert would be lucky to find another modern Rowan as in his story. People aren’t very different from his time.                           

            Meanwhile Socrates might think that we still haven’t learned from him. Mainly because not everyone knows about Socrates, but maybe the people who do know about him might be able to show him that some of us do think for ourselves. That’s the main thing Socrates was trying to teach to the ancient Greeks.

            If these two men traveled to our time and saw how not many of us were changed by what they taught. They might even teach it again to people of modern time. Hopefully then we can change for the better.