1. GETTING TO KNOW ME We are always in our own company. -Friederich Nietzche CDE 10 September 3, 2010

2. The following questionnaire is for you to answer. Sometimes you get to know yourself better by asking specific questions and writing the answers down on paper. The following questionnaire is for you to answer. Sometimes you get to know yourself better by asking specific questions and writing the answers down on paper. The reality of your answers may confirm what you know already about yourself, or reveal a deeper knowledge and understanding. The reality of your answers may confirm what you know already about yourself, or reveal a deeper knowledge and understanding.

3. No.1 - List ten words that best describe you (e.g. adjectives, nouns, onomatopoeic words, etc.). No.1 - List ten words that best describe you (e.g. adjectives, nouns, onomatopoeic words, etc.). No. 2 - List at least three words that best describe each person in your family. No. 2 - List at least three words that best describe each person in your family. No.3 - What do you see yourself doing two years from now? Ten years from now? Twenty? No.3 - What do you see yourself doing two years from now? Ten years from now? Twenty?

4. No.4 - How do you spend your time after school and on the weekends and holidays? No.4 - How do you spend your time after school and on the weekends and holidays? No.5 - Of all the things that you do in your free time, which do you like the most? the least? No.5 - Of all the things that you do in your free time, which do you like the most? the least? No.6 - Without mentioning specific names, what are the qualities of adults you respect and admire the most? the least? No.6 - Without mentioning specific names, what are the qualities of adults you respect and admire the most? the least? What are you doing to be more like the adults you thought of in #6? to keep from being like the adults you thought of in #6? What are you doing to be more like the adults you thought of in #6? to keep from being like the adults you thought of in #6?

5. No. 7 - Who is your best friend? What do your friends have in common (other than friendship with you, of course!). No. 7 - Who is your best friend? What do your friends have in common (other than friendship with you, of course!). No. 8 - What is your favourite T.V. show? Why? No. 8 - What is your favourite T.V. show? Why? No. 9 - What magazines, books or other publications (e.g. newspapers) do you enjoy reading regularly? No. 9 - What magazines, books or other publications (e.g. newspapers) do you enjoy reading regularly?

6. No. 10 - What is there about you that make your friends like you? No. 10 - What is there about you that make your friends like you? No. 11 - What major goals are you working on right now? No. 11 - What major goals are you working on right now? No. 12 - What does friendship mean to you? No. 12 - What does friendship mean to you?

7. No. 13 - What is the best part of life for you? Keep your answer simple. No. 13 - What is the best part of life for you? Keep your answer simple. No. 14 - How would your parents have described you as a child (age 5 to 8)? How would they describe you now? No. 14 - How would your parents have described you as a child (age 5 to 8)? How would they describe you now? No. 15 - What were you most proud of as child? No. 15 - What were you most proud of as child?

8. No. 16 - What is your favourite possession? Why? No. 16 - What is your favourite possession? Why? No. 17 - What is the silliest thing you have ever done? No. 17 - What is the silliest thing you have ever done? No. 18 - Did the experience hurt you? Were you able to laugh at yourself, even if only later? Did you learn from it? No. 18 - Did the experience hurt you? Were you able to laugh at yourself, even if only later? Did you learn from it?

9. No. 19 - What is your all-time favourite movie? Why does it have special meaning for you? No. 19 - What is your all-time favourite movie? Why does it have special meaning for you? No. 20 - How good of a friend are you? Give an example. No. 20 - How good of a friend are you? Give an example. No. 21 - What do you look for the most in a friend (either one you have now or that would like to have)? No. 21 - What do you look for the most in a friend (either one you have now or that would like to have)?

10. No. 22 - If you had to be someone else instead of yourself, whom would you choose? What are your reasons? No. 22 - If you had to be someone else instead of yourself, whom would you choose? What are your reasons? No. 23 - What would you change (personality traits, beliefs, etc.) to make yourself a better person? No. 23 - What would you change (personality traits, beliefs, etc.) to make yourself a better person? No. 24 - What is one thing that you would like other people to know about that most don’t? No. 24 - What is one thing that you would like other people to know about that most don’t? No. 25 - What is one thing that people think about you that is not true? Does this bother you; and if so, why? No. 25 - What is one thing that people think about you that is not true? Does this bother you; and if so, why?

11. My House Is My Home Foundation: who or what is my main support Foundation: who or what is my main support Door: what other people know about me Door: what other people know about me Window: what other people think about me Window: what other people think about me Roof: my greatest achievement Roof: my greatest achievement Chimney: what I would like my contribution to the world to be Chimney: what I would like my contribution to the world to be Walls: people who give me extra support Walls: people who give me extra support

12. CLOSING EXERCISES 1.Of all the questions answered, choose a total of four questions to discuss with a classmate. Include in this list the two that you found most difficult, and the two that you found easiest to answer. 1.Of all the questions answered, choose a total of four questions to discuss with a classmate. Include in this list the two that you found most difficult, and the two that you found easiest to answer. 2. When finished discussing the questions, you will be asked to take the answers from all of your questions and compile an “About Me” reflection piece of writing to be passed in to me on Friday, September 4, 2009. 2. When finished discussing the questions, you will be asked to take the answers from all of your questions and compile an “About Me” reflection piece of writing to be passed in to me on Friday, September 4, 2009.