Ice Breaking Topics
- What book, movie, film, or video game had the best ending?
- What's the most unusual or unexpected place you've ever visited?
- Is there a celebrity you look like?
- Do people in your country celebrate Christmas?
- What is your favorite way to spend a weekend or a day off?
- What is your favorite type of bag?
- What food reminds you most of home?
- What kind of parent do you think you'd make/you are?
Main Topics
- How do you define personal responsibility—owning your actions, meeting obligations, etc.?
- Have you ever taken responsibility for something that wasn’t your fault? What happened?
- Do you think people sometimes avoid responsibilities due to fear of failure?
- How do responsibilities evolve as we move from childhood to adulthood?
- Can too many responsibilities lead to burnout, or does it build character?
- How do cultural views affect what responsibilities we consider essential (family, work, society)?
- Have you ever had to handle someone else’s responsibilities temporarily?
- How do you balance responsibilities to yourself with those to others?
Free Topics
- Have you ever visited a national park?
- Can we ever truly understand the complexities of the natural world?
- What does it mean to live a good life?
- If you had a chance to legalize something that is illegal, what would that be?
- What is your favorite way to cultivate a sense of purpose and meaning in your life?
- What is one thing you are looking forward to in the future?
- Have you ever downloaded music illegally?
- What are some good and bad things about the culture you grew up in?
