Michalko explains that there are four kinds of analogies, all of which can assist synthesis and creative thought by "making the familiar strange." They all help to shift our perspectives.

• Personal - ". . . lose yourself in the object of the challenge."
• Direct - Pick a parallel world: How is teaching like farming? like surgery?
• Symbolic - Make use of images to stimulate thought.
• Fantasy - Imagine the best possible world.

Try this one . . .

Questions are to a teacher as ________ are to a doctor.

You will find Rattlesnakes & Roses on pages 226-241 of Thinkertoys.

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