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Former SoapBox Topics:
Feminism
The feminist movement has a long history, and it's still going strong
today. What are your impressions of feminism? Would you call yourself
a feminist? Why or why not?
Chores
Do you do chores? What are the chores that you are expected to do? Do you think
it's a good thing to have to do chores? If you could pay someone to do your
chores for you so that you never had to do them yourself, would you do it?
What's your favorite chore? What do you do to make doing chores easier? Do
you get a reward for doing chores? If you could make one person in your life
have to do your chores for a week, who would it be and why?
Lies
Is it always right to tell the truth, and always wrong to tell a lie? Is
there such a thing as a little white lie that doesn't hurt anybody? What's
the best way to get over a lie that you've told? What's the worst lie
you've ever told? Can it be funny to lie? Are there some people that
it's OK to lie to and other people who it is not OK to lie to?
Luck
Is there such a thing as good luck or bad luck? Are you
more of a good luck person or a bad luck person? Do you have a lucky
something that you take with you to competitions? How did it become your
lucky something? Do you have any other good luck traditions? How much
do you really believe in luck? What's better: to be lucky but never know
how things will work out, or to work hard but have a good idea where
you stand?
Love
Do you believe in love at first sight, or is that just infatuation?
What do you think it means to love someone? What does love feel like? Is
love different depending on who it is, or is love always the same? Is love
the best reason to get married? Is love something to have for everyone,
or something to save for just a few special people? What do you think about
love? Do you love anyone? Can you love someone you've never talked to before?
3-D
Movies
It's the latest trend in special effects. What do you think?
Does it add to the movie, or is it distracting? Is it cool, over over-rated?
Does it make you feel like you're inside the movie, or does it pull you
out of the moment? Is it realistic? Does it matter? Do you prefer 3-D movies
to other kinds of movies? Do some movies do 3-D better than others? If
you made a movie, would you want it to be 3-D?
Winter
The weather and the sunlight change, the holidays and the New Year
arrive, the end of the first half of the school year approaches. What are your
traditions this season? What do you look forward to? What do you hate about winter?
Do you play any special winter sports? Do you have any special plans?
Parents
Love 'em or hate 'em, or maybe both: what do your parents mean to
you? Do you get along with them? Do you wish you got along better? Do they give
you fair rules? Do their rules have you itching to move out and be on your own?
Do you like the amount that they are involved in your life? Can you imagine life
without them, or with different parents? Got anything else to share about parents?
Best Friends
Do you have a best friend? Tell us about your best friend! Maybe you
have more than one. Why is it that just one never rises to the top?
Are there pros and cons to having a best friend? Why might it be better
not to have one? When has it really helped you to have a best friend?
What do you think are qualities about yourself that help you be the
sort of person who can have a best friend?
School
The new school-year is starting, and that's a lot to think about.
You've got new classes, new teachers, new friends, and new enemies. By
the time you get through a school-year, sometimes you're glad you actually
survived! Looking back on last year, what grade were you in, and what
advice would you give to someone who is just starting out in that grade?
If you wish someone would have told you just one thing about the school-year
you just ended, what would it be? And finally, what kinds of questions
and worries do you have about the school-year coming up?
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