Secondary – January 10

“A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason.” -Thomas Paine in Common Sense, published on this date in 1776. Explain why you think Paine is correct or incorrect.

Secondary – January 9

Describe the most important and interesting place that you intend to travel in your life, and why you want to go there.

Secondary – January 8

Elvis Presley was born on this date in 1935. Although one of the most successful musicians in history, Elvis never learned to read music — he knew, instead, how to mimic what he heard. Explain how you accomplish something everyone thinks you’re good at but at which you feel you’re faking your talent.

Secondary – January 7

Describe your vision of integrity and the best example of it you’ve ever seen.

Secondary – January 6

Samuel F.B. Morse and his partner demonstrated the telegraph for the first time on this date in 1838. Describe how you think people will communicate about 175 years from now.

Secondary – January 5

Describe the hardest thing you’ve ever accomplished, and your thoughts and feelings afterwards.

Secondary – January 4

Louis Braille, who after being blinded in an accident at the age of 3 invented a system of fingertip reading for people without sight, was born on this date in 1809. Of your five senses, which is your favorite – and how would you compensate if you lost it?

Secondary – January 3

JRR Tolkien, who wrote The Lord of the Rings trilogy, was born on this date in 1892. Explain what you think he meant when he wrote, “Deep roots are not reached by frost.”