Imagine that today’s texting technology was invented during the time in which the Roman Republic existed. What might a text message conversation between two Roman children be like? In this assignment, you will create the script for a text message conversation between a Roman child from the upper class and a Roman child from the lower class. Your fictional conversation should have at least a total of 10 messages between the two participants.
it needs to have:
have a total of 10 text messages, each at least two complete sentences
describe the differences in the daily lives of the upper class and lower class citizens
describe the opportunities for children in general in Rome
compare how life differed for female and male children in Rome
explain the effect of social status on one’s future in the Roman Republic

1. Hey Claudius. How are you?

2. Hi Livia. I'm good. You? What are you doing?

3. Well, I just finished cleaning the floors, and now I'm gonna start my sewing. I will probably help my mother with dinner later. Women have so many responsibilities around the house! What about you?

4. Oh, I just came back from training. My trainer was helping him with my sword. Now I'm gonna read something. Probably Greek philosophy because my tutor will test me tomorrow.

5. You are so lucky you can learn! I wish I could read books like those. It's a shame that women never have enough time.

6. Well, it's not only women, because your brothers never do that either. I think it's about money. I'm gonna be a senator, so I need to know a lot. But you are going to be farmers, so I don't see why you need to learn anything.

7. Well, my brothers will be farmers. I will probably just tend to the house and raise babies.

8. Yes, but you are going to marry a farmer. So you will be a farmer's wife at the very least.

9. I don't like that. I wish I was a rich boy like you and I could study to become an important senator.

10. I don't! It's a lot of studying. Although making a lot of money and having prestige will be nice!

on this day in 1913, henry ford installs the first moving assembly line for the mass production of an entire automobile. his innovation reduced the time it took to build a car from more than 12 hours to two hours and 30 minutes.

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