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If cost was not a factor, would you go to private school?

If you had to do it all over again, would you work harder in school to learn more?

DID YOU EVER …

… attend a high school or college reunion?

… learn a text or portion of text by heart?

… turn in a cheater on a test or paper?

… earn an award at school?

… go to a prom?

… skip school?

… get suspended?

… learn Esperanto?

… take an IQ test?

… have a curfew?

… join a fraternity or sorority?

What foreign languages do you speak?

Do you still use any foreign languages you spoke while growing up?

What is one course you would like to retake?

What lessons have you learned between youth and now?

What were the largest and smallest schools you attended?

How do you learn best: by listening, watching, reading, or doing?

Would you rather have school paid for but not get a choice of where to go or go anywhere but have to pay for your education?

Did you receive financial aid for school?

What are things you once believed that more knowledge proved different?

How has your hometown changed since you were a kid?

What magical things happened in your childhood that you still cannot explain?

What was the one thing you worried about most?

What year in school would you like to do over?

Do you raise your hand and ask questions?

How has your high school changed since you went there?

Did you make the most of your high school years?

What is still the same about you as when you were young?

What mentors, dead or alive, do you wish you had access to?

What about you as a child do you hope people will remember?

How did growing up change you?

When looking back at your childhood, what do you and do you not want to repeat?

If you could only make one phone call, whom would you call?

As a child, were you closer to your mother or father?

What troubles did you have with your parents?

Which parent are you closest to now?

Did you share a room with a sibling growing up?

Are you close to your siblings?

Do you know what your mother’s or father’s childhood was like?

What is your ancestry and ethnic background?

How many generations can you trace of your family’s heritage?

What ancestor of yours would you like to meet the most?

What is your most painful memory of your father?

What is your most painful memory of your mother?

What is an embarrassing thing you found out about your parents?

What is your mother’s cologne?

What is your father’s aftershave?

Who is the best cook in your family?

What was your parents’ relationship like?

What might you have been like if you had had perfect nurturing?

What did you learn from your parents?

What things did your parents argue about when you were little?

Who is the most serious person in your family?

What family member do you take after the most?

Has anyone in your family been divorced?

What genetic diseases run in your family?

How was your relationship with your family when you first left home?

Who is the funniest person in your family?

Are your parents married or divorced?

Talk about a family secret or skeleton in the family closet.

What members of your family would you like to write or call that you have not kept in touch with?

What do you contribute to your family?

What would your reaction be if a close family member announced he or she was gay?

What are the most important things you learned from your father?

Would you like to have more brothers and sisters?

What is your happiest memory of your mother?

What stories were told about your grandparents?

Have you been to your ancestors’ homeland?

What family tradition would you love to continue and pass on?

What is an attribute of your own mother you see most in yourself?

Do you look up to or avoid a brother or sister?

If you did not know your parents, what two people would you choose as your mother and father?

What things are you good at that your parents were good at too?

Your mother often said _____.

How did your parents feel about their own parents?

DESCRIBE YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH …

… your mother

… your father

… your sibling(s)

… your cousin(s)

… your aunt(s)

… your uncle(s)

… your grandmothers

… your grandfathers

How do you feel about your family?

Who were your father’s heroes?

What were the special stories your grandparents told you?

What is the single most important piece of advice you would offer to newlyweds?

Are you interested in your genealogical background?

What is an attribute of your own father you see most in yourself?

What does your ethnic and cultural background mean to you?

What is something memorable that you experienced that your children will probably never get to experience?

What do you wish your parents would have told you while you were still a kid?

What would you do if your sibling told you that he or she killed someone in a hit-and-run accident? Would you turn him or her in?

What is your most beautiful childhood memory of your parents?

Your father often said _____.

What things did you love doing with your family?

What family heirlooms do you have and how did you get them?

If you could give an award to someone in your family, what would it be?

What are all the things you would like or would have liked to say to your mother?

What was something your parents did for fun?

What are/were your parents’ names and what did you call them?

Who is the “talker” of your family and who is the “listener”?

What troubles did you have with your mom when growing up?

What is one thing you would change about your parents?

What funny or crazy experience do you remember from a family gathering or vacation?

For what reasons are you proud of your sibling(s)?

What was your favorite stuffed animal?

Have you or your family been affected by a natural disaster?

What patterns have been handed down over generations?

What is the last place you went for a family vacation?

What are your opinions about divorce?

When was a time your family was in danger?

What is the biggest mystery in your family?

Could you sketch your family tree?

What do you think about young adults living with parents?

As children, did you play with your cousins?

Did your family experience a tragedy during your childhood?

Does your brother or sister embarrass or enchant you?

Were your grandparents born in America? If not, how did they get to America?

What do you think is the worst part of having a close family?

Do you wish you were born into a big family, medium-sized family, or as an only child?

If you had the power, how would you change your family?

What would a typical evening be like when your parents entertained friends?

What is the thing you disagree about most as a family?

What was a family project you worked on as a child?

What family trait would you like to pass on to your descendants?

How do you feel about having relatives stay with you?

What was the birth order among your siblings?