- When have you felt particularly successful in school?
- When have you been the most proud of learning something?
- What is the easiest part of school?
- What three things can I as the teacher do to help you become more successful as a student in this class?
- What three things can you do as a student to help yourself be more successful this year?
- What is the hardest part of school?
- What is the meaning of your name?
- What is your favorite subject?
- Why did you choose this subject?
- What do you think is your greatest strength?
- What do you think is your greatest weakness?
- What are you looking forward to most in this academic year?
- What do you think is the most important role of a teacher?
- How can you make a dull subject interesting?
- Give me some ideas on how you think we should conduct our classes.
- What is your one achievement that you are most proud of?
- What is the one thing you think teachers should avoid in any class?
- What do you aspire to be when you grow up?
- Who is your role model?
- If you had to describe yourself as a cartoon character, which one would it be?
- Where did you grow up as a child?
- What is your greatest passion?
- What do you like to do in your free time?
- What inspired you?
- Name three things that you would like to achieve within the next decade.
- What motto do you live your life by?
- What do you believe is more important, education or experience? Why?
- Would you ever take up teaching as a profession?
- What type of art appeals to you most?
- Which of your dreams have come true so far?
- What do you think it takes to reach the top level position in any field?
- Describe yourself in just 3 words.
- How Should Parents Handle a Bad Report Card?
- When Do You Remember Learning a New Word?
- How Would You Like to Help Our World?
- Do You Have a Tutor?
- To What Piece of Technology Would You Write a ‘Love Letter’?
- How Do You Use Wikipedia?
- Should All Students Get Equal Space in a Yearbook?
- What Are Your Personal Superstitions?
- Should Stores Sell Violent Video Games to Minors?
- How Much Food Does Your Family Waste?
- Which Pop Music Stars Fascinate You?
- Would You Vote This Year If You Could?
- What Would You Ask President Obama?
- What Would You Risk Your Life For?
- Where in the World Would You Like to Get Lost?
- To What Business Would You Like to Give Advice?
- Do You Judge Political Candidates by Their Looks?
- Would You Trade Your Paper Books for Digital Versions?
- Do You Want to Live to 100?
- Do You Support or Oppose the Death Penalty?
- What is Your Favorite Place in Your House?
- Why Do We Like Reality Shows So Much?
- What ‘Mundane Moments’ From Your Life Might Make Great Essay Material?
- What Sports Teams Do You Root For?
- How Do Your Parents Teach You to Behave?
- To What Writer Would You Award a Prize?
- Can Money Buy You Happiness?
- How Would You Do in a ‘Free School’?
- What Do You Think of the Tea Party?
- What Should the Punishment Be for Acts of Cyberbullying?
- What Health Tips Have Worked for You?
- Can You Pass a Basic Religion Test?
- What Superpower Do You Wish You Had?
- What Advice Would You Give Younger Kids About Middle or High School?
- Are There Books That Should Be Banned From Your School Library?
- What Do You Want Your Obituary to Say?
- How (Over)Protective Are Your Parents?
- Do You Use Study Guides?
- Can Cellphones Be Educational Tools?
- What’s Special About Your Hometown?
- How Concerned Are You About Where Your Food Comes From?
- Is America a Great Country?
- How Will You Decide Where to Apply to College?
- What New Shows, Albums, Games or Movies Are You Looking Forward To?
- What Do You Remember About September 11, 2001?
- What Are You Looking Forward to (or Dreading) This School Year?
- Is Everything You’ve Been Taught About Study Habits Wrong?
- Do You Identify Yourself as a Democrat or a Republican?
- Do Your Test Scores Reflect How Good Your Teachers Are?
- Are You Allowed to Date?
- What’s on Your Fall Fashion Shopping List?
- How Would You Spend Grant Money for Schools?
- How Important Do You Think It Is to ‘Build Character’?
- Are You Putting Off Adulthood?
- What Artists Do You Consider ‘Sellouts’? Why?
- At what age is a person an adult? Why do you think so?
- If could change one rule that your family has, what would you change?
- What is something that makes your family special?
- Of all the things you are learning, what do you think will be the most useful when you are an adult?
- Are you a good friend? Why do you think so?
- How would the world be different if animals could talk?
- Would you cheat on a test if you knew you would not get caught? Why or why not?
- If you could grow up to be famous, what would you want to be famous for?
- If you could be invisible for a day, what would you do?
- What is the best gift you have ever given? Why was it so special?
- What is the hardest thing about being a kid?
- If you were a teacher and the kids in your class would not listen to you, what would you do?
- Where is your favorite place in the world?
- If you could give one gift to every single child in the world, what gift would you give?
- If you could travel back in time three years and visit your younger self, what advice would you give yourself?
- What five words do you think most describe you?
- If you could invent something that would make life easier for people, what would you invent?
- When was a time that you felt lucky?
- What do you think would be the hardest thing about being blind?
- If you could make one rule that everyone in the world had to follow, what rule would you make? Why?