QUESTIONS
QUESTIONS
1. What isn’t a subject in school that you think should be? How would you
teach it?
2. What is your favorite subject in school? Tell me about the best project
or activity you’ve ever done in that subject.
3. If you could outlaw one thing in school, what would it be?
4. If you could wake up tomorrow fluent in two other languages, which
would you choose? Why?
5. Where would your dream field trip be? Why? What would you do there?
6. Were you bored today? Why do you think that is?
7. What do you think is the most important quality in a teacher? Why?
8. What’s the best part of your day at school? Why?
9. What’s the worst part of your day at school? Why? What do you think
can we do to make it better?
10. What is the most important thing you learned in school NOT taught by
a teacher?
11. Which is the most difficult rule to follow in school? Why do you think
that is?
12. Tell me an interesting fact you know/learned recently that I don’t
know.
13. Who is someone you look up to at school? Why do you admire them?
14. What’s something you’re really good at in school?
15. Do you think homework is beneficial? If so, why? If not, what would
you replace it with?
16. What’s something that bugs you about school? What do you think we
can do about it?
Friends & relationships
17. What makes a good friend?
18. Do you think social media helps make/maintain friendships? Why/ why
not?
19. If your friends could have a clubhouse, what would it look like?
20. Tell me about a favorite memory you have of your friends.
21. If you and your friends won a $100 prize, how would you spend it?
22. What is your favorite thing about yourself?
23. Who is someone who looks up to you?
24. How would you describe yourself in five words or fewer?
25. Did you meet anyone new today? What are they like?
26. What is a memorable act of kindness you witnessed? Why was it
important?
27. Who is your personal hero? Why?
Experiences & interests
28. What’s your favorite song right now?
29. Can you recommend any TV shows or YouTube videos?
30. What is your first memory? What can you remember?
31. Rate your day on a scale of 1-10; 1 being awful and 10 being the best
day ever. Why did you pick that number?
32. What’s a career that doesn’t exist (yet) that you think should? Would
you want the job?
33. Tell me about the time you laughed the hardest.
34. What is the most challenging part of your life right now?
35. What do you look forward to most each day?
36. In your opinion, what is the most useful/entertaining app?
37. What is the best gift you have ever received/given?
38. Do you think college athletes should be paid?
39. Tell me about an achievement/ experience you’re really proud of. Why
is it important to you?
40. What is the worst food in the world?
41. What would you most like to accomplish in sports/ music/
extracurriculars next?
42. What’s something you wish adults understood about kids today?
Scenario questions
43. If you could time travel to any year in the past or future, which would
you choose? Why? What would you do?
44. If someone were to make a movie about your life right now, what
would you call it? Which actors would you want to be in it?
45. What superpower would you want to have? How would you use it?
46. If you could invite three people, living or dead, to your birthday party,
who would you choose? What would you talk about/do?
47. If you could keep any animal, real or imaginary, as a pet, which would
you choose?
48. Describe your perfect meal.
49. If you could only read one book/ watch one movie/ play one game for
a whole year, which would you choose and why?
50. Do you think aliens exist? How would you explain Earth/humans to
them?
51. If you had one year to spend one million dollars, how would you spend
it?
52. If you could switch places with any person, real or fictional, for a day,
who would it be?
53. If you could pitch a TV show/ movie to Netflix that’s guaranteed to be
produced, what would it be about? Which (if any) onscreen or behind the
scenes role would you want in it?
54 What five items would you bring with you to a deserted island? Why?
55. What do you think makes your generation unique?
56. If you could create any law that everyone on Earth had to follow, what
would it be? What would you want it to accomplish?
57. Do you think there is too much/ not enough technology in the world?
What would you change?