STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student B.)
| (1) | What springs to mind when you hear the word ‘ambition’? |
| (2) | Are you ambitious? |
| (3) | Is it important to have ambitions? |
| (4) | Who is the most ambitious person you know? |
| (5) | What were your ambitions when you were a child? |
| (6) | Can ambitions be dangerous? |
| (7) | What ambitions do you have that you think you’ll realize and what ambitions do you have that you won’t realize? |
| (8) | Do you think animals have ambitions? |
| (9) | Thomas Carlyle said: “I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.” What do you think he means by this? Do you agree? |
| (10) | Thomas Jefferson said: “Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.” Do you agree? |
STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student A.)
| (1) | Why do we have ambitions? |
| (2) | What’s the difference between an ambition and a dream? |
| (3) | What ambition have you held the longest? |
| (4) | What happens after you have fulfilled all of your ambitions? |
| (5) | Do you think really old people have ambitions? |
| (6) | Do you like ambitious people? |
| (7) | Do you have any really crazy and wild ambitions? |
| (8) | What do you think it feels like to fulfill a lifelong ambition? |
| (9) | Thomas Merton said: “When ambition ends, happiness begins.” What do you think he means by this? Do you agree? |
| (10) | Marcus Aurelius said: “A man's worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.” Do you agree? |
