Secondary – February 28

“Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don’t always like.” -Daniel Handler, better known as Lemony Snicket, born on this date in 1970. Describe an event you think fate brought you, and then a response that’s better than the response you actually had.  

Secondary – February 27

John Steinbeck was born on this date in 1902. His novel Of Mice and Men is one of the most challenged and banned books of the 20th Century. Under what conditions would you support or oppose banning a book?

Secondary – February 26

Is there a topic you consider too serious to laugh or joke about? Why or why not?

Secondary – February 25

What question would you most like to ask the President of the United States? How do you think he would answer?

Secondary – February 24

Explain the reason for your answer to this question: Which is more important to the world — art or science?

Secondary – February 23

Paul Tibbets, pilot of the Enola Gay on the flight that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, was born on this date in 1915. Describe a situation in which you were conflicted about the rightness of a thing you were told to do.

Secondary – February 22

Poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, born on this date in 1892, once asked a friend to send good advice in a letter. “I promise not to follow it,” she said. What advice would you give a friend, and do you think s/he would follow it?

Secondary – February 21

“The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.” The Communist Manifesto was first published on this date in 1848. Explain what you think Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels meant when they wrote this, and whether you agree.