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401) Women today are waiting until they are older to marry for the first time. Why?
402) If you could take back any deed you have done and do it differently, what would it be? Why?
403) Fill in the blank in the following statement and discuss: "They don't make ________ like they used to."
404) What commonly held ideas about the South seem to you most true or untrue? Discuss.
405) What is the dumbest thing you ever did? Explain why you did it.
406) What kind of injustice makes you "fighting mad"? Explain.
407) How is the threat of AIDS changing dating habits? Explain.
408) Which qualities or characteristics of childhood should we strive to preserve throughout our lives? Discuss.
409) What can be done to reduce the high rate of teenage pregnancy in the United States? Explain.
410) How should students who turn in someone else's work as their own be punished? Discuss.
411) Should high school students go steady? Discuss why or why not.
412) Name the worst movie or television program you have ever seen, and explain why you dislike it.
413) Is there ever a situation in which a person should hide his or her true feelings? Explain.
414) Name your favorite pastime and explain why you enjoy it.
415) Name some place you would not like to go on a date and explain why you would choose not to go there.
416) Propose an ideal sex education program.
417) If you could make one resolution and follow through with it no matter what the difficulties, what would you choose? Explain.
418) Are there superstitions you claim you do not believe and yet would never ignore? Explain.
419) Why are people often unwilling to intervene in or report crimes that they observe? Explain.
420) Has there been a time in your life when you should have complained about a situation but didn't? Discuss.
421) Discuss the images of men presented in recent movies and television shows.
422) Discuss the images of children presented in recent movies and television shows.
423) Discuss the images of minorities or women presented in recent movies and television shows.
424) Would you prefer to attend an amateur or a professional athletic event? Explain.
425) Why do Americans eat so much junk food? Explain.
426) How do you account for the popular appeal of murder mysteries (in novels, movies, and/or TV dramas)?
427) What elective course that you have taken would you not recommend to other students? Explain your dissatisfaction with the content of the course.
428) Has attending college made you a better person? Discuss.
429) Discuss what you perceive to be some of the causes of homelessness in America.
430) How do you think the money raised by the lottery in Georgia should be spent? Discuss.
431) Discuss the special problems that single parents and their children face.
432) Do you believe that recycling should be mandatory? Discuss.
433) Should physicians be prevented from intentionally providing people with the means to commit suicide? Discuss.
434) Some people have argued that zoos are inhumane, that keeping animals captive is wrong. Discuss why you agree or disagree.
435) Is there one sport that you would never play and/or would never want to play? Explain.
436) Some people have begun to regulate the hours of television that their children may watch each week by giving each child a "television allowance" time. Do you believe that this is a good idea? Why or why not?
437) If you could be a cast member of any movie ever made, which film would you choose? Why?
438) Should people be allowed (encouraged? forced?) to die with dignity? Discuss.
439) What should be invented, but has not yet been, that would make your life easier? Explain.
440) If you could donate a thousand dollars to a charity, which one would you choose? Why?
441) Many women in the film industry have for years complained that not enough significant female roles are available for them. Do you agree or disagree? Explain.
442) A character in Hamlet says, "Neither a borrower nor a lender be." Is this good advice? Explain.
443) John F. Kennedy once said, "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." Discuss whether Americans are heeding this call from the past.
444) Studies over the last twenty years have shown that academic dishonesty is on the rise in colleges across the United States. To what do you attribute this increase in cheating? Explain.
445) Have you observed any significant differences between older and younger college students in classroom discussions? Discuss.
446) If you could influence the way products are advertised in the United States, what recommendations, if any, would you make? Discuss.
447) What are some activities that are especially appealing to children? Why?
448) Should sex education programs emphasize the need for abstinence before marriage? Discuss.
449) What do you think have been the main reasons for the increase in violent behavior in our schools? Explain.
450) Discuss the image of women presented in music videos.
451) What changes might occur if gasoline prices rose to $5.00 a gallon? Discuss.
452) Why are Americans generally resistant to learning foreign languages? Explain.
453) If you had the time and opportunity to sit in on any college classes just for the purpose of learning about the subject, which classes would you choose? Why?
454) Have you ever been pressured into doing something that you would have preferred to avoid but that later turned out to be beneficial? Discuss.
455) Why are movies and television shows about actual crimes so popular today? Discuss.
456) Should a person who has been convicted of a crime be allowed to run for public office? Discuss why or why not.
457) Why is it that political candidates do not always keep their campaign promises once they are in office? Discuss.
458) Is it appropriate for the President of the United States to appoint a close relative to an important policy-making position? Discuss.
459) Have you ever learned something that seemed insignificant at the time but that later became particularly valuable? Discuss.
460) If you could endorse one product that met its advertised claims, what would that product be? Explain.
461) Discuss a stereotype that you once believed but that later proved inaccurate.
462) Should English be the standard language in public schools, or should schools be required to offer classes in the language a student speaks at home? Discuss.
463) What things would you look for when buying or renting a place to live? Discuss.
464) What are the advantages and/or disadvantages of growing up in a large family as opposed to a small family? Discuss.
465) Should state governments spend more money on school districts with low-achieving students than on districts with high-achieving students? Discuss.
466) Describe a decision you have made that has been particularly significant to you.
467) During what period of your life have you been the happiest? Explain.
468) What working conditions do you or would you look for when applying for a job? Explain.
469) What are the advantages (or disadvantages) of young children's going to daycare centers instead of staying home? Discuss.
470) Which college courses were most difficult for you? Discuss.
471) How is your generation different from your parents' generation? Discuss.
472) Should couples in the United States be discouraged from having more than two children? Discuss.
473) If your need for sleep were reduced to only one or two hours, what would you do with the added time while others are sleeping?
474) What kinds of people do you enjoy most? Explain.
475) Do you have the skills to run your own business? Explain.
476) What things about yourself would you most like to improve? Explain.
477) Have your attitudes changed much in the last few years? Explain.
478) If you suddenly found that your home was on fire and you had time to rescue only a few belongings, what would you save? Explain.
479) Do you watch talk shows on television? Why or why not?
480) Do you listen to radio talk shows? Why or why not?
481) If you could take one entire year off from your responsibilities of school or work, how would you spend that year? Explain why you would make these choices.
482) It often takes people as long to heal from emotional wounds as from physical ones. What steps can people take to recover from emotional trauma? Explain.
483) Have computers made our lives easier or more complicated? Explain.
484) Would you buy and use an electric car? Explain.
485) If you had to choose a few words to describe yourself, what words would you choose and why? Explain.
486) If you do not measure success in monetary terms, how do you measure it? Explain.
487) If you could begin next year with a new ability, what would it be? Explain.
488) What really scared you when you were a child that you now consider humorous? Explain.
489) What do you think it means to be well-informed? Are you? Explain.
490) What is the most frustrating thing that regularly happens to you? Explain.
491) Discuss the qualities of a good movie.
492) Discuss how life can be made easier for people with disabilities.
493) If you could wake up tomorrow as someone else, who would it be and why?
494) Should a person be given another chance after he or she has been unfaithful, lied, or broken a promise? Explain.
495) Some doctors now believe that people make themselves sick with their attitudes and lifestyles. How much do you think people influence their own health through their attitudes and lifestyles?
496) When was the last time you changed your mind about something after reading a book or article or listening to a debate? Explain what happened.
497) What is one of the worst things that people do to one another? Explain.
498) What does someone have to do to earn your respect? Discuss.
499) Imagine that you must choose one of the following: a heartfelt and fulfilling relationship with one person but no other close friendships, or lots of friends but no single, enduring connection to one person. Which would you choose and why?
500) When you are unhappy, what do you do that usually makes you feel better? Explain.