Here are some ideas that should work for anyone:
1. When did you learn the value of "hard work"?
2. When did you experience "honesty is the best policy"?
3. When did you use your "creativity" to help you succeed?
4. When did you find yourself "standing up for what's right"?
5. Who is someone that has had a positive effect on your life?
6. What was a difficult lesson that you learned?
7. What is the best piece of advice someone has given you and how has it had an impact on you?
The following ideas are for people who want to challenge themselves with their writing:
8. What will page 315 in your autobiography say?
9. Talk about someone who taught you a valuable lesson. Be sure to to identify the lesson.
10. Talk about a favorite pet and the lesson this pet has taught you.
11. Think of a time when a situation did not turn out as you planned. What did you learn because of this?
12. What have you learned from a surprise?
13. What is the biggest challenge that you have overcome in your life? How did you overcome it and what did you learn in the process?
14. Describe the impact that someone at least two generations older than you are (someone who is old enough to be your grandparent) has had on you.
15. Tell the story of the first time you knew "you weren't a kid any more."
16. What makes you unique in a positive way?
For the really brave---
17. What qualities do you have that would make you a successful tree?
18. Sometimes people's lives become "three-ring circuses." Describe yourself in terms that would be an act in the circus.
19. In the year 2059, the senior class of MGSH has asked you to speak at graduation. What advice would you give to those young people from what you have learned in your life?
