Do You Have Any Close Friends?
Find all our Student Opinion questions here. Do you care most about the number of people who show up for your birthday party or who like your posts on social media? Or do you prefer to focus on the people with whom you can be most intimate and vulnerable — those who make you feel…
Do You Feel You’re Friends With Celebrities or Influencers You Follow Online?
Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1, 2021.Do you have an emotional relationship with famous personalities you follow on social media? Do you feel a connection with reality TV stars or other celebrities? For example, as you watch their Instagram story or YouTube video,…
How Often Do You Text Your Friends Just to Say ‘Hi’?
New research suggests casual check-ins might mean more than we realize. Do you underestimate how much your friends would like hearing from you?
How Many Close Friends Do You Need?
Today, you will read about studies that try to identify the optimal number of close friends a person should have in order to feel connected and happy. If you had to choose such a number, what would it be, and why?In “How Many Friends Do You Really Need?,” Catherine Pearson writes about studies that try…
How to Become Friends With a Wild Bird
How to Become Friends With a Wild Bird“I think the greatest gift a wild bird can give to you is friendship,” says Alexandra Rösch, author of the How to Befriend a Wild Bird series on her YouTube channel, Krari The Crow. Through many years of maintaining friendships with birds, Rösch has been able to find…
Lesson of the Day: ‘How Two Best Friends Beat Amazon’
Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “How Two Best Friends Beat Amazon” by Jodi Kantor and Karen WeiseChristian Smalls and Derrick Palmer, best friends and workers at Amazon’s fulfillment center in New York City, strategically organized the first successful unionization effort of an Amazon warehouse in the United States, one of the most significant labor victories in a…
What Work of Art Should Your Friends Fall in Love With?
Do you know the New York Times series “5 Minutes That Will Make You Love …”? Its writers and editors choose the five minutes or so they would play to make their friends fall in love with classical music, piano, opera, cello, Mozart, 21st-century composers, violin, Baroque music, sopranos, Beethoven, flute, string quartets, tenors, Brahms,…
What Have Your Friends Taught You About Life?
How do you think your interests and personality might be different without your friends’ influence?
Hanging With Friends
What story could this image tell? Use your imagination to write the opening of a short story, poem or memoir inspired by this photo. Post it in the comments, then read the related article to find out what this image is all about. Find many more ways to use our Picture Prompt feature in this…
How Much Do You Share With Your Friends?
Do you often express your innermost thoughts, feelings and struggles? Or do you keep those vulnerabilities to yourself?
