Metaphor

Well, I posted this to Facebook, but I thought it might be worth a blog entry.  It is actually really short, because I don't remember what prompted it.  But basically 11 yo H said something that was a metaphor.  This is like something or whatever.  And 9 yo P says, "That is the worst metaphor ever!"  Now, I don't think I knew what a metaphor was until high school, so this kind of amazed me.  I am not sure where she learned this, whether it was in some of her workbooks or whether she just picked it up from her voracious reading.  But to not only learn what it meant, but to use it accurately in a social context was impressive.  That is all.