RELATIONSHIPS

 

1. Do you get on like a house on fire with any member of your family? With colleagues at work? Why fellow students?

2. Is there anyone who gets on your nerves? Why do they?

3. What kind of things can put a great deal of pressure on a relationship?

4. Do you know anyone who likes to put people down? In what ways can they put people down?

5. Have you ever had a teacher who had it in for you? What was it due to? How old were you? How did you react?

6. Do you think rocky relationships will always end up in failure?

7. Do you know many couples whose marital relationship turned sour after just a few months? What can help you have a successful, long-term marriage?

8. Would you ever turn your back on a person? Why / Why not? What reasons might you have to turn your back on someone in your own family?

9. Have you ever looked up to someone as a role model? What people have influenced you the most…
   1. in an affective or emotional way?
   2. in an intellectual way?
   3. on a practical level?
   4. on a political level?

10. Have you ever had any teachers who looked down on their students? Tell your partners about them.

11. Do you know any people who like keeping themselves to themselves?

12. Is it easy for you to keep in touch with old friends?

13. Why do you think we lose or get out of touch with people?