Topic 175 Things I Care About - or Don't Care About
Talking Points
1. What are 5 things you care about a lot? Why are they important to you?
2. Think of 5 things you don't care about at all!
3. How do you find other people who care about the same things which you care about?
4. Is it possible to be good friends with someone who cares about different things from your interests? How can you solve this problem?
5. Maybe only about 15% of people are really good at their job. They are really good because they care a lot. What can discourage someone from caring about a job? Examples?
6. In some cultures or groups, people are encouraged to care a lot about "things" (e.g. owning a house, an expensive car etc). In some other cultures or groups it is important to think about other people (e.g. you might be pressured to give away or lend any money you have to friends & family). Give examples from different countries. Which system is best? What is a good balance?
7. In earlier generations, the whole purpose of life (for most people) was to get married and have children. Now many young people don't care much about this. What caused the change? Is it a good or bad change? Why?
8. How important is money? How much money do you need before you don't care about getting more money? Why do you think that?
9. In English we have an idiom, "time is a thief". What is the meaning of this idiom? Another idiom is "time is money". What does this idiom mean? How cheaply do you sell your time (it never comes back), or don't you care?
10. Up to about age 30 most people "think they will never die", even if they know that other people (not them!) die. As they get older, they care more about their health. Where are you on this journey? How do you look after your own health & happiness?
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INFORMATION ABOUT USING THE BOX FACTORY COMMUNITY CENTRE
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