Impromptu+topics


 * 1) My biggest concern for the future is...
 * 2) Real wealth is never measured in money or possessions.
 * 3) Conservation is survival.
 * 4) Real love is not the stuff of pop songs.
 * 5) If I were an animal I'd be a...
 * 6) Plants have feelings too.
 * 7) Junk food's popularity relies on marketing.
 * 8) To err is human. To forgive is divine. Discuss.
 * 9) The world is a smaller place these days.
 * 10) The more we communicate, the less we really say.
 * 11) When I grow up...
 * 12) To be grown up is a state of mind.
 * 13) Goals are good for you.
 * 14) The most important lesson of my life so far...
 * 15) Intelligence is not enough.
 * 16) If I ruled the world...
 * 17) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Color affects the way people feel.
 * 18) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Ill health begins in the mind.
 * 19) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Team sports build strong individuals.
 * 20) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Laughter is the best medicine.
 * 21) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Fools and their money are easily parted.
 * 22) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Discipline is not a dirty word.
 * 23) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Beauty is always in the eye of the beholder.
 * 24) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Children learn what they live with.
 * 25) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Poverty is a state of mind.
 * 26) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">What characteristics make an ideal hero and why?
 * 27) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">What and who is an //average// person?
 * 28) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Being young is over-rated.
 * 29) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">In what situation is lying a good idea?
 * 30) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Does money make the world go round?
 * 31) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">What human quality do we need more of and why?
 * 32) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Who has been the most influential person in your life and why?
 * 33) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">How we look is unimportant. It's who we are on the inside that counts.
 * 34) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Fashion victims I have known.
 * 35) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Pets are for people who don't have children.
 * 36) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Summer is the best and worst of times. Why?
 * 37) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">The media controls how and what we think.
 * 38) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Advertising targeting children is immoral.
 * 39) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Talking //to// someone and talking //with// someone are two different activities.
 * 40) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Real learning doesn't occur in a classroom.
 * 41) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">What would you rather be - wise or intelligent?
 * 42) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">True wisdom comes from experience.
 * 43) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">A sense of humor is essential.
 * 44) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Uniforms stifle individuality.
 * 45) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">What is normal is decided by the society we live in.
 * 46) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Manners matter.
 * 47) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Children should not watch television.
 * 48) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Art is essential to life.
 * 49) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Cities are for people not cars.
 * 50) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Peace is possible.
 * 51) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">What moral issue best defines you?
 * 52) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">What is the biggest effect of the internet?
 * 53) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Describe your worst experience
 * 54) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Discuss the most memorable event in your life
 * 55) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Is capitalism the best political and economic system? Defend your choice.
 * 56) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Is knowledge more important than wisdom?
 * 57) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Is a glass half full or half empty? Explain your choice.
 * 58) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Why are humans so fascinated with understanding the universe?
 * 59) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Does technology live up to it's promise?
 * 60) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Ghosts I'd like to meet
 * 61) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">The morality of zoos
 * 62) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Three keys to a happy life
 * 63) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Reality TV shows
 * 64) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Beauty
 * 65) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">You are what you eat
 * 66) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Love is a choice
 * 67) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Professional athletes are overpaid
 * 68) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Dogs are better than cats
 * 69) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">How to become a millionaire
 * 70) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Importance of communication
 * 71) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Bottles versus cans
 * 72) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Real or fake Christmas trees
 * 73) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">peer to peer technology
 * 74) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Motorcycle helmets
 * 75) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">the assassination of a dictator can/cannot be justified
 * 76) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Curfews
 * 77) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Alien abductions
 * 78) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">The worst/best book you ever read
 * 79) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">All time favorite movie
 * 80) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Your first memory
 * 81) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">The best things in life are free
 * 82) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Clothes make the man/woman
 * 83) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Happy drugs (prozac, zoloft, etc.)
 * 84) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Good versus Evil
 * 85) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Your favorite sound
 * 86) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Your least favorite sound
 * 87) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Exams are/are not good forms of assessment
 * 88) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Why it's important to meditate
 * 89) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">What are you grateful for?
 * 90) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Speed dating
 * 91) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Your favorite relative
 * 92) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Your favorite holiday
 * 93) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Internet affairs
 * 94) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">The greatest gift we can give others is...
 * 95) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">If I were invisible for a day...
 * 96) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">What I would do if I knew I could not fail
 * 97) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">The most successful person I know
 * 98) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Good grades matter
 * 99) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Everyone should be a volunteer
 * 100) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Hybrid animals
 * 101) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">You are an ant. Convince an anteater to not eat you.
 * 102) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Explain three different ways to eat an Oreo cookie.
 * 103) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Tell us about a nickname you have and how you got it.
 * 104) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Convince us to vote for you as president of the USA.
 * 105) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Explain three uses for a pencil besides for writing.
 * 106) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Read us a letter you might write home when you are staying at a circus training summer camp.
 * 107) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Tell us about your summer plans.
 * 108) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Convince us that homework is harmful to your health.
 * 109) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Tell us about your favorite pet and why it should win the Greatest Pet Ever award.
 * 110) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">If you were an animal, what would you be?
 * 111) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">You are a salesperson trying to sell us the shirt you have on.
 * 112) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Explain how a smart person might not be wise.
 * 113) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">If you were the teacher, how would our class be different?
 * 114) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Tell us about the hardest thing you have ever done.
 * 115) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">You are a mad scientist. Tell us about your latest invention.
 * 116) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">You are a famous sports player. Describe your best moment of a game.
 * 117) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">You are a famous rock star. Explain what the lyrics of your latest hit song mean.
 * 118) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Tell us about the best job.
 * 119) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Explain the benefits of drinking milk.
 * 120) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Tell us how to become a millionaire.
 * 121) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Tell us about the best dream you've ever had.
 * 122) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Create a myth that explains why pelicans have large beaks.
 * 123) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Tell us how to make a new friend.
 * 124) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Tell us about the most fun recess activity.
 * 125) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Tell us about your favorite holiday.
 * 126) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Tell us how to make your favorite meal.
 * 127) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Explain which came first: the chicken or the egg.
 * 128) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Explain the rules to your favorite game.
 * 129) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">If everything in the world had to change to the same color, what color would you choose and why?
 * 130) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Explain how you would use a hat to catch butterflies. Be sure to
 * 131) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">identify the type of hat that is required.
 * 132) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">You are a piece of paper. Describe how we should use you before you get recycled.
 * 133) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Explain how to make a pizza.
 * 134) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Explain four uses for a drinking glass other than for holding a liquid.
 * 135) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Convince our principal to give students their birthdays off of school.
 * 136) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Describe how you would modify a snail so it can go faster.
 * 137) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Explain the best way to teach an old dog a new trick.
 * 138) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 200%;">Describe the life cycle of a frog or butterfly.