Are parents the best educators?

What educates the best

(experience, books, teachers, or . . . )? Are people with a
university education smarter than people without one?
- Should home schooling be permitted? Why? Is it illegal in
Spain (your country)? - Why? Do you agree with this?
- With a teacher vs. alone (which is better?) Homework and
studying outside of the classroom vs. teaching/learning in
the classroom? How much homework is the right amount?
- Describe your fellow students/pupils/classmates
who attended school with you. - Describe
any cliques/gangs (or other deviants) in your school. How
did they affect your education. What advice would you give a
foreign exchange studentwho was going to attend your
school? Can it be dangerous on campus/school grounds?
How? Why?
- Have you kept in touch with your fellow classmates via
Facebook, etc.?
- At what age does education stop? Why? At what age does
one learn best? Why? How early should children (be able to)
start school? Why? Should people continue to study after
university (if so, what, how, why, etc.)?
- Should schools separate boys and girls? Should they
wear uniforms? Why or why not?
- Public vs. private schools. Which is best for your children?
How important are classmates? Do elite schools make a
difference to a graduates employability? How about
attending elite boarding schools? Does that make a
difference? How?
Describe a good student/teacher (vs. a bad one). Describe
your favorite/worststudent/teacher in school. How and why
do bad teachers become teachers in the first place?
- Intelligence vs. wisdom.
- Can older people learn from younger people? What?
- How can new technologies help in education? Give
examples.
- How should the curriculum (all the courses of study in the
plan offered to you by an educational institution) be
improved? (in elementary/primary school, high school,

university, vocational technology schools, etc.)

- Describe your favourite subjects? Why do you like them?
What do you like about them? What (skills, subjects, etc.)
must every person learn?
- Perfecting a few things or trying and learning new things?
What? Why?
- Should art/music/sport/social sciences and natural
sciences beobligatory/compulsory subjects
in elementary/high school? Why or why not? Rank these
from most important to least important. Which would you
eliminate first from the curriculum?
- What about games in education?
- Is learning history worthwhile? Why or why not?
- When is the best time for people to start learning English?
Why?
- Should university be public/free? Why or why not? Should
one go to university or not?
- Is going to a public university a waste of time and
money? Should one only go to an elite private university
(perhaps abroad in the U.S. / U.K.)?
- How do you learn best? What techniques/methods do you
use? Are you good atmemorizing new information? Why or
why not? How do you motivate yourself to study?
- Can anyone learn to be a genius Einstein or a superstar
Michael Jordan (or is it atalent theyre born with)? How and
why (not)? What skills do students need to learn to do so?
How can you motivate
an uninterested, unmotivated or lazystudent who might
not even want to learn?
- Preparing for exams vs. learning freely. Which is better?
Why?
- Should children and teenagers run errands or do chores in
the home? Should they get an allowance? Why or why not?
- Will computers/robots replace teachers? Why or why not?
- Do teachers/staf/faculty talk too much in classes? Why or
why not? How should this change? Do students learn better
from their classmates, alone or from their teacher?
- What are the differences between education in Spain (your

country) and the U.S. or U.K.?

- What do you think of cheating in the schools/universities? Is
it permitted/tolerated in Spains (your countrys)
universities? When and why? (not)
- Describe your best learning experience.
- Describe your best achievement in education.
- Describe what you want to learn or hope to learn this
year.