...and I also speak Japanese

What is one skill that you learned and mastered in school, but that you rarely get a chance to use?

This week's theme is hidden strengths.

Sex education

Where, and from whom, did you actually learn about sex in a practical and useful manner? What do you wish someone had told you earlier?

This week's theme is sex.

Roadblock to learning

What's the one thing that is most likely to get in the way of you learning new things — whether in school or in other situations?

This week's theme is education.

Cast of characters

In every movie about high school, there are certain typical characters. What character were you in high school? If you weren't an easily defined stock 'type,' what were some of your strongest defining characteristics during that time?

This week's theme is education.

After school special

When you were in school, did you participate in clubs, sports, arts, or other extracurricular activities that would keep you at school longer than the usual school day? Or did you prefer to spend as little time at the school as possible?

What was the highlight of your extracurricular life?

This week's theme is education.

Hard-earned lessons about learning

When you look back at your education, thinking both about what you studied and about how you approached it, what decisions do you regret? What would you do differently if you had a second chance?

This week's theme is education.

Education

What is your overall relationship with education? Do you have fond memories of going to school, and learning? Or does the memory of it make you shudder a little? Do you miss going to school? Do you sometimes wish you still were? Or have you closed that door and never look back on it?

This week's theme is education.

See Spot run

Can you remember learning to read? What were some of the first all-text books that you read? What are some of the most memorable books from your early years of reading?

This week's theme is your reading habits.

School days

Think back to the first school you attended as a child. What was the name of the school? What kind of building was it?

What was something that you passed every day on your way to school?

What happened on the first day of school?

This week's theme is details from your childhood.

Life lessons

What fears and dangers affected your educational life? Did you face physical attacks or intimidation, ridicule or prejudice, embarrassment or humiliation? What lessons did you learn from your school environment?

This week's theme is education.

Honor roll of teachers

Which of your teachers had the most enduring positive affect on your life? What are some skills or facts that you remember learning and still find valuable today?

This week's theme is education.

Lesson one

What is the earliest lesson that you can clearly remember learning in school? How old were you when it happened? Is it a positive memory (for example, feeling amazed or proud) or a negative memory (for example, being punished or ridiculed)?

This week's theme is education.

The right amount of education

How many years of your life have you spent in school? Is your education complete? If not, how many more years do you expect to spend?

Consider the value of your time and the value of education. Is the amount of time you've spent on your education appropriate and balanced? Or would you (in ideal circumstances) spend less time, or more time, on your education?

This week's theme is education.

Top Ten: leaders

Who are the top ten authority figures in your life? This can be a teacher who made a difference, a politician who actually changed the way your world worked, a coach or a parent who inspired, or anyone else who was a leader to you in some way.

Grownup school

If you won an educational grant to study whatever you wanted for an entire year, what would you choose to learn about?

Reading, writing, and rhetoric

What are three important lessons that should be part of every child’s school education?