Personally, I admire the sophists because they did not conform to social norms. They would not hesitate to question any assumptions of Greek society. Furthermore, they also taught others how to use dialect and writing to question these same assumptions. Today, the sophists would describe themselves as social or political figures that question the norms in today’s society. We see modern-day sophists in the millennial generation that we live in today. They differ from a modern day college professor because they teach through dialect, using opposing arguments, whereas teachers try to explain the context of a situation to us. The sophists and modern day professors are similar in that they both want us to think critically and always question things to get a firm understanding of them. They were controversial in ancient Greece because many Athenians had doubts that the sophists could really teach virtue/ truth and that they understood justice. They would be very controversial today because there are many social/politcal groups today that are doing similar things that they did a very long time ago.