Discussion Topics: School and College

1) Do you like school?  Why or why not?
2) What do you like best about school?  What do you like the least?
3) Why do we have to study English?
4) Why do we learn math?
5) Why do we do music or art in school?
6) Which subject is your favourite and why?
7) Who is your favourite teacher? Why?
8) Who is the most unpopular teacher at your school?  Why?
9) Would you like to be a teacher someday?  Why or why not?
10) If you could choose between going to school all year long but only five days a week, or going to school on Saturday and Sundays (full days), but getting two very long vacations a year, which would you prefer?  Why?
11) Are you interested in studying hard?
12) Do you want to go to college?  If so, what do you want to major in?
13) What college in Mongolia would you like to study at?  Or, if you want to leave the country for college, where would you like to study?
14) What do your parents think about your going to college?
15) Do you think a college degree is necessary for success?
16) You know a college education costs a lot of money.  Do you think it is a good investment?  Why or why not?
17) Would you go to college if you had to pay for it yourself?
18) What do you think would happen to you in the future if you did not ever go to college?
19) Do you think that parents have a right to insist that their children go to college, even if the kids do not want to go?
20) Imagine that you don't want to go to college.  How would you persuade your parents not to send you?