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  1. ​​When have you felt particularly successful in school?
  2. When have you been the most proud of learning something?
  3. What is the easiest part of school?
  4. What three things can I as the teacher do to help you become more successful as a student in this class?
  5. What three things can you do as a student to help yourself be more successful this year? 
  6. What is the hardest part of school?
  7. What is the meaning of your name?
  8. What is your favorite subject?
  9. Why did you choose this subject?
  10. What do you think is your greatest strength?
  11. What do you think is your greatest weakness?
  12. What are you looking forward to most in this academic year?
  13. What do you think is the most important role of a teacher?
  14. How can you make a dull subject interesting?
  15. Give me some ideas on how you think we should conduct our classes.
  16. What is your one achievement that you are most proud of?
  17. What is the one thing you think teachers should avoid in any class?
  18. What do you aspire to be when you grow up?
  19. Who is your role model?
  20. If you had to describe yourself as a cartoon character, which one would it be?
  21. Where did you grow up as a child?
  22. What is your greatest passion?
  23. What do you like to do in your free time?
  24. What inspired you?
  25. Name three things that you would like to achieve within the next decade.
  26. What motto do you live your life by?
  27. What do you believe is more important, education or experience? Why?
  28. Would you ever take up teaching as a profession?
  29. What type of art appeals to you most?
  30. Which of your dreams have come true so far?
  31. What do you think it takes to reach the top level position in any field?
  32. Describe yourself in just 3 words.
  33. How Should Parents Handle a Bad Report Card?
  34. When Do You Remember Learning a New Word?
  35. How Would You Like to Help Our World?
  36. Do You Have a Tutor?
  37. To What Piece of Technology Would You Write a ‘Love Letter’?
  38. How Do You Use Wikipedia?
  39. Should All Students Get Equal Space in a Yearbook?
  40. What Are Your Personal Superstitions?
  41. Should Stores Sell Violent Video Games to Minors?
  42. How Much Food Does Your Family Waste?
  43. Which Pop Music Stars Fascinate You?
  44. Would You Vote This Year If You Could?
  45. What Would You Ask President Obama?
  46. What Would You Risk Your Life For?
  47. Where in the World Would You Like to Get Lost?
  48. To What Business Would You Like to Give Advice?
  49. Do You Judge Political Candidates by Their Looks?
  50. Would You Trade Your Paper Books for Digital Versions?
  51. Do You Want to Live to 100?
  52. Do You Support or Oppose the Death Penalty?
  53. What is Your Favorite Place in Your House?
  54. Why Do We Like Reality Shows So Much?
  55. What ‘Mundane Moments’ From Your Life Might Make Great Essay Material?
  56. What Sports Teams Do You Root For?
  57. How Do Your Parents Teach You to Behave?
  58. To What Writer Would You Award a Prize?
  59. Can Money Buy You Happiness?
  60. How Would You Do in a ‘Free School’?
  61. What Do You Think of the Tea Party?
  62. What Should the Punishment Be for Acts of Cyberbullying?
  63. What Health Tips Have Worked for You?
  64. Can You Pass a Basic Religion Test?
  65. What Superpower Do You Wish You Had?
  66. What Advice Would You Give Younger Kids About Middle or High School?
  67. Are There Books That Should Be Banned From Your School Library?
  68. What Do You Want Your Obituary to Say?
  69. How (Over)Protective Are Your Parents?
  70. Do You Use Study Guides?
  71. Can Cellphones Be Educational Tools?
  72. What’s Special About Your Hometown?
  73. How Concerned Are You About Where Your Food Comes From?
  74. Is America a Great Country?
  75. How Will You Decide Where to Apply to College?
  76. What New Shows, Albums, Games or Movies Are You Looking Forward To?
  77. What Do You Remember About September 11, 2001?
  78. What Are You Looking Forward to (or Dreading) This School Year?
  79. Is Everything You’ve Been Taught About Study Habits Wrong?
  80. Do You Identify Yourself as a Democrat or a Republican?
  81. Do Your Test Scores Reflect How Good Your Teachers Are?
  82. Are You Allowed to Date?
  83. What’s on Your Fall Fashion Shopping List?
  84. How Would You Spend Grant Money for Schools?
  85. How Important Do You Think It Is to ‘Build Character’?
  86. Are You Putting Off Adulthood?
  87. What Artists Do You Consider ‘Sellouts’? Why?
  88. At what age is a person an adult? Why do you think so?
  89. If could change one rule that your family has, what would you change?
  90. What is something that makes your family special?
  91. Of all the things you are learning, what do you think will be the most useful when you are an adult?
  92. Are you a good friend? Why do you think so?
  93. How would the world be different if animals could talk?
  94. Would you cheat on a test if you knew you would not get caught? Why or why not?
  95. If you could grow up to be famous, what would you want to be famous for?
  96. If you could be invisible for a day, what would you do?
  97. What is the best gift you have ever given? Why was it so special?
  98. What is the hardest thing about being a kid?
  99. If you were a teacher and the kids in your class would not listen to you, what would you do?
  100. Where is your favorite place in the world?
  101. If you could give one gift to every single child in the world, what gift would you give?
  102. If you could travel back in time three years and visit your younger self, what advice would you give yourself?
  103. What five words do you think most describe you?
  104. If you could invent something that would make life easier for people, what would you invent?
  105. When was a time that you felt lucky?
  106. What do you think would be the hardest thing about being blind?
  107. If you could make one rule that everyone in the world had to follow, what rule would you make? Why?

In a world of test scores, content standards & benchmarks, and evaluation fears, sometimes the main purpose can be pushed aside, even forgotten.  That is the kids.  Plain and simple they are the heart of what we do.  Let me be the reminder...

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