What Would You Recommend That Is ‘Overlooked and Underappreciated’?
Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1, 2021.In the weekly Times Magazine, you can find a column called Letter of Recommendation, in which writers celebrate things they believe to be “overlooked and underappreciated,” whether squirrels, dollhouses, head wraps, Garfield, eavesdropping, memewear, floating, Arby’s, semicolons,…
Would You Want to Be a Teacher Someday?
Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1, 2021.When you think about your future career, do you ever consider teaching? If so, what grade level or subject area appeals to you the most? Why?What qualities do you think good teachers share? When do you think…
What Volunteer Work Would You Most Like to Do?
Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1, 2021.Have you found a way to volunteer this past year, even in the midst of a global pandemic? If so, what did you do, and how did you find your job? Have you enjoyed it?If you haven’t…
Would You Eat Food Grown in a Lab?
Have you ever eaten a meat or dairy substitute? The Impossible Burger? Vegan cheese? Nondairy ice cream? If so, did you enjoy it? How did it compare with the real thing? If not, would you ever try such products? Why or why not?I spend nearly as much time talking about how I want to stop…
Would You Volunteer for a Covid-19 Vaccine Trial?
Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1, 2021.Most teenagers are not yet eligible to receive Covid-19 vaccines. But a few have volunteered to take part in clinical trials that assess the efficacy and safety of these vaccines for children ages 12 through 17.Would you…
How Would Your Life Be Different if You Didn’t Have Wi-Fi and Cellular Service?
Find all our Student Opinion questions here. Imagine if you lived in a place where you couldn’t use Instagram, Snapchat or Facebook on your phone. You couldn’t text your friends. You couldn’t even watch YouTube videos, unless you were watching on a broadband-wired computer. Why? Because you lived in a quiet zone, where Wi-Fi is…
Would You Allow an Ex-Prisoner to Live With You?
In “Would You Open Your Home to an Ex-Prisoner?” Michaela Haas writes:In the beginning, Sabina Crocette struggled with the best way to introduce London DeLora Croudy to her family and friends. “Should I introduce her as my roommate? My renter? A new family member?” Ms. Crocette was also questioning how much to get involved in…
How Would You Design Your Ideal Museum?
Find all our Student Opinion questions here.What has been your most memorable visit to a museum, good or bad? What type of museum was it and where was it located? What makes this experience stand out in your mind? A particular exhibit, activity or performance? How did you feel being there? What, if anything, would…
Would You Ever Consider Becoming Vegetarian?
Find all our Student Opinion questions here.Are there foods that you eat with your family that you would feel uncomfortable eating with your friends?In the Opinion essay “I Admire Vegetarians. It’s a Choice I Won’t Ever Make,” Alicia P.Q. Wittmeyer writes about how central meat is in her family’s culture, and therefore how difficult it…
Would You Return a Lost Wallet? (What if It Had Lots of Money in...
Find all our Student Opinion questions here.Imagine you are walking down the street and you see a wallet. You open it and it has an ID but no money. Would you return it? What if it had $20? What if it had $200 or even $2,000. Would that prompt you to change your decision?Is it…
