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    This document contains 17 discussion prompts on a wide range of topics including technology, travel, celebrities, media, advertising, fashion, environment, careers, education, family, health, hobbies, and news. The prompts are open-ended questions designed to generate conversation and debate on various social, cultural and ethical issues.

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    1. Pros and cons of computerization? Advantages and disadvantages of the


    internet?
    Genetic engineering- a hope or dread? Space research ± a waste of money or sheer
    necessity? Hadn¶t it been for science and technology, we would still be living in the
    Middle Ages. Do you agree?

    2. How do you spend your holidays? Why do you travel? Are you a traveler or
    tourist?
    Spartan backpacking/camping versus fancy package tours? Your ideal place for
    holidays? What¶s necessary to have successful holidays?

    3. What makes a celebrity? Celebrities in our life? Do you admire any celebs?
    Why
    (not)? Private lives of public figures/ celebrities? Do they have a right to lead daily
    existence away from prying eyes? Andy Warhol once wrote: è 
    
    
     
    
       . Do you agree? Can you become famous
    overnight? Would you like to rise to fame? Why? Why not?

    4. Types of media and their power? Do you watch/listen to the media mainly for
    information or entertainment? Why? What kind of media do you make use of? Do
    you take all the information you hear/watch/read for granted? Is a reality show more
    of reality or is it just a show?

    5. Advertisements and your everyday life. Are you influenced by commercials?


    What¶s
    your own attitude towards advertising? Positive and negative aspects? Ads:
    manipulation or art? Favorite advertisements? Tobacco/ alcohol advertisements-
    dangerous or neutral? Should some advertisement be banned?
    r. Fashion as personal identity? Fashion/beauty is only skin deep? Are you
    fashion-
    conscious? Do you possess dress sense? Or is fashion all Greek to you? Brand new
    designer clothing versus second-hand clothes? Do we dress in an attractive way as
    society? What elements are most important to you when choosing clothes? Dress
    codes for particular occasions- why do we need them ? Do you respect them? What
    does it mean to be well-dressed?

    7. Are you a waster or is ecology your second name? What can you do to help
    protect the
    environment? What do you do? Animal rights. The same as for humans? How do we
    mistreat animals? Is animal testing always justifiable?

    8. What makes an ideal life? What are the factors that contribute to the quality
    life? What
    kind of a career would you like to choose in life? What¶s necessary to be satisfied
    with the work we have to do to earn a living? Family versus firm, home sweet home
    versus hectic careers? Can you succeed in both? An English saying goes: { 
    
     
       
    . What¶s your opinion.

    9. Living in the city as compared to living in the country? Advantages and


    disadvantages
    of living in an urban setting? Housing, living conditions, opportunities& possibilities,
    dangers & hazards. Were you given a chance, would do a swap and change places
    with a city-dweller/villager? Why (not)?

    10. Your ideal school. How do you imagine? What do you expect of the teachers?
    Those
    who can do ,those who can¶t teach? Education is a must, knowledge is power but
    are exams really necessary? Is schooling, especially institutionalized one,
    unavoidable?
    11. Changing family patterns. Is a traditional family a thing of the past? Or maybe ±
    on
    the contrary ± no person is an island? What type of family do you belong to? What
    are the pros and cons of this sort of family(and the other types)? What kind of
    advantages may a person enjoy at different stages of life? Benefits and problems of
    old age?

    12. There is no accounting for taste, yet what makes a healthy diet? Do we as a
    nation eat
    in a healthy way? An apple a day keeps a doctor away? What¶s your favorite food?
    Your preferences/tastes/habits (good/bad eating habits) Eating as a disorder, as an
    addiction(obesity, bulimia, anorexia etc.)

    13. Our health and the health service. Shall we pay for better treatment in private
    clinics?
    How do you feel about state doctors accepting bribes from desperate patients?
    Provided you are in tip-top condition, would you donate blood? What¶s your attitude
    to transplantation of organs? Conventional versus alternative medicine- pros and
    cons. How popular is alternative medicine in Poland? Would you yourself try it?

    14. Your favorite ways of spending free time? Your hobbies? You favorite time-
    eaters?
    Are you a couch potato? Will the electronic media turn books obsolete? Different
    sides of sports. Positive/negative aspects.
    15. Fit as a fiddle or under the weather? What¶s crucial to one¶s being fit? How
    should we
    keep body and mind in good shape? Prevention better than cure? What do you do to
    stay healthy? What do you do that is dangerous to your health? Why do people
    continue to take health risks? Do you agree that all that is pleasant is either
    calorific/fattening, illegal or immoral?

    1r. National icons in sports? Athletes as a role models? Sport in your life? Your
    favorite
    sport as a doer? Your favorite sport as a spectator? Spectators and fans ± their role.
    Dark sides of sports ± football hooliganism, bribery, drugs in sports. Money in sports.
    Advertising, sponsoring.

    17. Bad news travels fast, i.e. people are quick to discuss the misfortunes of others.
    Do
    you agree? Tabloids versus quality newspapers? What¶s your reaction to death,
    violence and tragedy covered by the media? Should news reports include shocking
    images of injury, cruelty etc.? Should there be official censorship of films, books
    adverts and the media? Why (not)?

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