Boundary Breaker Topics

Holidays:
• What’s your favorite holiday?
• VALENTINES DAY- The nicest thing someone has done for me lately
• What is your most memorable holiday memory?
• What was your favorite Halloween costume?
• What was the best summer you ever had?
• What was the worst summer you ever had?
• What was your favorite spring break?
• What was your favorite winter vacation?

World:
• If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be?
• If you could fix a world problem what would it be?
• If you could buy anything in the world what world it be?
• What is your favorite place in the world?
• What historical time period would you like to live in?
• If you were President, what would you do first?
• If you had the powers to rule the country, what would you do or change?
• If you had the power to abolish three things in our society, what would they be?
• What is your opinion of our society today?
• What do you think about politics?
• If you could rule the world, what would the world be like?
• What is your opinion about people polluting the environment?
• What pollutants do you think do the most damage to our environment and why?
• What do you think someone you age can do to help reduce the amount of pollution in the environment?

Friends:
• If you could give a friend anything what would it be?
• When a friend was in an embarrassing situation, what did you do?
• What are your qualities of a true ‘friend’?
• What is your most memorable experience of your best friend?
• The basis of friendship is…why?
• What’s the best thing about your best friend?
• When you choose a friend, what qualities do you look for?
• When it might hurt their feelings, how do you feel about telling your friends the truth?

School:
• What’s your favorite part of school?
• What do you do outside of school?
• What’s something you would change about S.C.H.S?
• If you could have a day off, how would you spend it?
• What is your most memorable high school experience?
• What’s your favorite high school memory?
• What are you going to do after high school?
• If you had to choose a new course for the school to include, what would it be?
• If you could change any rule in school what would you change or add?
• Who is one of your favorite teachers and why?
• School is over and your parents are sending you out on your own, where would you go?


Parents/Important Persons:
• Who has been an important figure in your life?
• What is one of the traditional stories that your grandparents always tell you at the dinner table.
• What would you give your dad on his birthday?
• If your parents left you home alone for one weekend, what would you do?
• It’s your mom’s birthday. What would you give her if you had the money?
• Have your parents ever embarrassed you in front of your friends.
• What advice has your parents given you that you’ll always remember?
• Who is your mentor?
• My favorite person is…because?
• Do you think that you’ll ever see a female president in your lifetime? If so who?
• If you could meet three people, past or present, who would they be?
• If you had children, what advice would you give them?

Sports:
• What’s your favorite sport?
• What sport is your favorite sport to watch? Play?
• Who is your favorite athlete?
• What do you think a ‘good sport’ is?

Music:
• What’s your favorite type of music?
• What’s one type of music you can’t stand?
• What is your favorite oldies song?
• What is your favorite song and who sings it?
• If you could see any concert what would it be?
• What is your favorite song and why?


Miscellaneous
• If you could write a book, what would it be about?
• What’s your favorite TV show or movie?
• What is your ideal car?
• Have you ever been involved in a fight? Why?
• Have you ever been accused of something you didn’t do?
• If you had three wishes what would they be?
• If you could invent something what would it be and why?
• What’s one thing that annoys you?
• What’s one thing that makes you happy?
• Have your ever thought of getting a tattoo or piercing any part of your body
• Have you ever done anything exciting? What?
• Name one of your great expectations.
• What is one of your traditional excuses when you get home late?
• Have you ever seen anyone famous in real life?
• If you could be any kind of animal, what would you be?
• If you had the president in front of you, what would you tell him?
• What is one of the obstacles you’ve faced to reach your goal?
• What’s one of the biggest mistakes you’ve ever made?
• What’s your favorite fairy tale?
• Have you ever sneaked out of your house? Where and why?
• What’s one thing that makes you sad?
• What is your most memorable childhood experience?
• What’s one thing that you wish you could change about yourself?
• What’s your most prized possession?
• What’s the longest you’ve been grounded and why?
• What are you most proud of?
• What’s your ideal job?
• How would you change this class?
• What about this class have you enjoyed?
• How is this class different from others?
• Was this class beneficial to you?
• What would you like to see again in this class?
• Who was your least favorite guest speaker?
• Who was you favorite guest speaker?
• Do you like this class?
• What was the unit in this class you enjoyed the most?
• What's the most important thing you have learned from this class?
• If you had one place of your dreams to go to, where would it be?
• In all your life, have you ever accomplished anything?
• If you had a chance to go back to the past, what "time" would you prefer to be in?
• Have you ever done anything you regret in your life, if so, what was it?
• What are your future goals?
• What do you plan on doing after you retire?
• If you had to sacrifice on thing, what would it be?
• What are your pet- peeves?
• What would you do if you won the lottery?
• If you had the choice to play a role in a movie what movie would you play in?
• If you had to design your own room, how would you design it?
• If you raised enough money to open your own business, what would it be?
• If you had to write a book about anything, what would you write about?
• What is your definition of love?
• If you had to leave town and were unable to come back, and you had to only take three items, what would they be?
• What do you have that is important to you that is your favorite pride and joy?
• What would your last will be?
• What’s the best job you ever had? The worst?
• With whom would you compare yourself? Why?
• Have you ever said anything you regretted?
• Have you ever refused to help someone?
•. Have you ever begged for anything? If so, how did you feel?
• What is your biggest fear?
• What is one of your worst nightmares?
• What is the worst thing you’ve done that your parents never found out about?
• What’s your biggest wish in your life?
• If you could change something about yourself, what would it be and why?
• What is the first thing you see in a guy/gal?
• What is the scariest experience you’ve ever had?
• What is your favorite T.V. commercial?
• The kindest deed that was ever done for me is...
• The most discourteous service I had to endure…
• How I made my enemy…
• The most courageous act I ever witnessed…
• I offended someone because…
• The best advice I ever received…
• The most embarrassing thing I ever did…
• The meanest prank I ever played…
•The longest minute I ever spent…
• I was mislead by an advertisement….
• My favorite motto…
• My secret ambition…
• I was cheated…
• If I had to do it over again, I would…because…
• I did it on the spur of the moment…
• How I keep fit…
• When I grow up I want to be…because?
• What is your favorite animal sound or any sound and make the noise up in front of the class.
• Best or day of your life…
• Worst change of clothing or fad over time…
• Favorite pick-up line is…
• I wish…
• One thing you wished never happened would be…
• The most pointless T.V. show in the whole world is…
• Your favorite thing to do is…
• Who was/is your favorite president?
• What’s your favorite place to travel?
• What’s your favorite amusement park?
• What is your favorite food to eat?
• What holiday do you prefer?
• Who is your favorite family member? Why?
• What’s your favorite movie?
• What would be your perfect life?
• If you were an inventor, what would you invent?
• What do you like about yourself??
• If you could be an actor, who would you be and why?
• If you could have been someone in history, who would/you have been? Why?
• If you could take only three people with you on a trip around the world, who would you take and why?
• When you are angry, what do you do?
• One, when you were very frightened, what happened?
• If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?
• If you received $5000 as a gift, how would you spend it?
• If you could describe a happy family, what would you say?
• If you could describe the ‘ideal’ life, what would you write?
• If you could express your deepest feelings, what would you say?
• How would you define peace?
• Once when your feelings were hurt, how did you feel?
• If you could do whatever you wanted to do right now, what/would you do?
• What three words would you use to describe how you feel right now?
• Which of all your material possessions gives you the most pleasure?
• What do you think about when you can’t fall asleep?
• What things do you dislike about yourself?
• What talent do you wish you had?
• When did someone let you down?
• What are you afraid of and why?
• When you act like a child, what do you do?
• What things would you tell your imaginary son or daughter about being a teenager?
• When was the last time you cried and why?
• If you were a mouse in your house in the evening, what would you see your family doing?
• What things make your life complicated?
• What does freedom mean to you?
• What do you think the world will be like in twenty-five years?
• What do you think a ‘good sport’ is?
• What makes you laugh?
• What kind of a trophy or award would you like to win?
• What kind of store would you like to own and why?
• What are your feelings about earthquakes?
• If you were a doctor, what ailment would you like to cure?
• What is the best thing about today?
• What do poor people need most?
• What color do you think of when you think of happiness?
• What is something that you can do pretty well?
• What does America mean to you?
•. What I’d want my parents to tell my teacher or vice versa on Back to School night
• How do you feel when someone laughs at you?
• What is something that really disgusts you?
• What makes you frustrated?
• What is your best friend like?
• What has been your best experience in school?
• What are three things for which you are thankful?
• What kind of people are the luckiest/people in the world?
• What would you like to invent to make life better?
• What are your feelings about ghosts?
• What two famous people would you like to have for parents and why?
• What are your feelings about war?
• What would you do if you wanted to be a friend to someone who could speak no English?
• What things make a happy family?
• What do you think the world needs now?
• What is a good neighbor?
• What is your favorite room in the house and why?
• What words would you use to describe yourself to someone who does not know you?
• What would you do if you found $1000 in a vacant lot?
• What are your feelings about police officers?
• What would you do if you had a magic wand?
• What things do you think are beautiful?
• What kind of T.V. commercial would you like to make? Describe it.
• What is the worst thing parents can do to their children?
• What would you like to do to become famous?
• What do you think your friends say about you when you are not around?
• If you were lost in the woods and it got dark, what would you do?
• What was the best birthday present you ever received?
• What is your opinion about the amount of violence that is shown on television?
• If it were your job to decide which shows should be on television, how would you choose?
• What T.V. shows would you take off the air now and why?
• What are junk foods?
• How do you think eating junk food affects you?
• What are some nutritious foods that you like?
• When someone picks someone else, how do you feel?
• Why do you think a group of kids is more likely to pick on someone?
• Why do you think adults smoke and/or drink?
• Why do you think young teenagers encourage others to smoke and/or drink?
• What effects do cigarette and alcohol advertising have on young people?
• How did you feel when someone was inconsiderate of you?
• Why is exercise important to someone your age?
• What is your opinion about having set rules for people to follow?
• If there were no rules at all, what do you think would happen?
• What are some set rules that you have to follow?
• Why do you think the rules you must follow are good or bad?
• Why would it be good to be honest?
• Why might it be bad to be honest?
• Do you think it is necessary to have alcohol at a party in order to have a
good time? Why or why not?
• What do you think should be done to keep people who are under the influence of alcohol off the road?
•. Why have men and women usually done only certain types of work?
• What kinds of work, usually done by women, can men do just as well?
• What kinds of work, usually done by men, can women do just as well?
• Why do you think it is important to have good manners?
• What do you think of someone that has bad manners?
• Does it bother you to be around someone who has bad manners?
• Should there be a dress code in such places as school, restaurants and places of business? Why or why not?
• What are some examples of prejudice?
• What can you do to stop prejudice?
• Why do you think prejudice really exists in the world?
• What does "Clothes make the person" mean to you?
• What is the meaning of "He who laughs best laughs last?
• What do we mean when we say "The grass is always greener on the other side"?
• Who is your favorite "Star Wars" character?
• What do you think of 3-d movies?
• How do you feel about your appearance?
• What is more important to you, appearance or personality?
• What would you do if you witnessed a friend shoplifting?
• Should animals be used for medical research?
• Which quality most represents your life? exciting? organized? dull?
• Which quality do you dislike about yourself?