Java Journal 1
Have often do you go to a café? What do you like to order? Do you prefer drinking tea or coffee? Do you like to go to a café to talk with friends, listen to music, or surf the Internet? What are some of your favorite cafés that you have visited?
Java Journal 2
What does your name mean? Do you have a nickname? How does your name reflect your heritage? Who are you named after or do you have a new name in your family? How did your family decide on your name? How do you feel about your name? What will you name your children? Why?
Java Journal 3
Describe a story of an important event you remember from school (elementary school, junior high, high school, college or university). What happened? Who was involved? What made this event memorable? What did you learn from the event?
Java Journal 4
Which is your favorite season? Describe memories you have about each one Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter. What colors do you associate with each season? What foods do you eat more of in each season? What sports do you play in each season?
Java Journal 5
Write a letter to a friend telling him/her about what you have been doing lately. What is new in your life? What do you wonder about his/her life?
Java Journal 6
What is/was your favorite subject in school or at the university? Do you still like that subject? What makes it interesting for you? How can you incorporate elements of that subject into your present/future profession?
Java Journal 7
For Halloween – Write about a scary event that happened to you or that you were told. List any fears you have. What are you not afraid of now that you used to be afraid of when you were younger? What are you afraid of now that you were not afraid of when you were younger? How do you overcome your fears?
Java Journal 8
For Halloween, write a story that starts with one of the following phrases:
A cold wind blew open the windows and…
The moon rose eerily over the pumpkin patch and…
The sound of wolves howling filled the night air and…
Java Journal 9
Describe a hobby that you enjoy. When did you start doing this hobby? What tools do you need to do it? How did you learn about this hobby? What are your goals for this hobby? What are 5 additional hobbies that you would like to try in your life?
Java Journal 10
Write a story of a family gathering you remember well. Who was there? What happened? What did your family members talk about? What food did you eat together? How often do you get together with your family? Have you ever done genealogical research in your family? What did you discover?
Java Journal 11
For Thanksgiving. What are you thankful for? Make a list of 100 things. Go into detail about a few.
Java Journal 12
What is your favorite song? Write out the lyrics. Why is this song so great? Does it have any special significance?
Java Journal 13
What is your favorite holiday? How is it celebrated? What makes this holiday special? What are the traditions surrounding this holiday? What food is served? When did this holiday begin? Who in the world celebrates this holiday too?
Java Journal 14
What is would peace on earth look like? What would happen if all countries resolved their disputes? What would change?
Java Journal15
What do you do for Christmas? If you don’t celebrate Christmas, what do you do for a similar holiday?
Java Journal 16
List 10 goals that you achieved this year. These goals can be personal, academic, spiritual, or economic. Describe 1 or 2 achievement that did not end up as you had planned. Describe 1 or 2 accomplishments that worked out better than you imagined.
Java Journal 17
List some New Year resolutions, personal goals, or objectives that you hope to achieve in the next 12 months. What are your New Years wishes for the world?
Java Journal 18
Write what you know about Martin Luther King, Jr. When did he live? What did he do in his life? What is segregation? What is integration? What is a non-violent approach to solving problems? Who else in history used a non-violent approach?
Java Journal 19
What is your favorite branch of science? Why? What scientific theories do you know about? What scientific theories are you curious about? If you could study a particular science more in depth, which one would you choose?
Java Journal 20
Choose a room in your house and describe how it is decorated now OR how you would decorate it, if money and time were not concerns. What kind of paint? What kind of furniture? What kind of objects d’art? Is there a widescreen TV or a stereo? Are there books?
Java Journal 21
Who are your favorite superheroes? Do you prefer to read about them, watch them on TV, or see them in the movies? Describe one scene you remember where the superhero saved the day.
Java Journal 22
For Valentine’s Day. Who do you love? Write a love poem to someone (14 lines as in a sonnet). What do you love? Write a love poem about it.
Java Journal 23
What advice about your culture would you give international visitors to your country so that they would do well and would not unintentionally offend anyone?
Java Journal 24
Describe your favorite book. What happens in the story? What are the themes that run through the book, such as love, mystery, or adventure? How did you learn about this book?
Java Journal 25
Describe the plot of your favorite movie. What kind of movie is it comedy, drama, musical or other? List 5 more movies that you enjoy. What are common themes in these movies?
Java Journal 26
For St. Patrick’s Day, read the history of St. Patrick. What is your favorite religious story? What is the theme or moral?
Java Journal 27
What is your favorite sport? If you could be a professional athlete, which sport would you play? What are your favorite games to play with friends and family? What sporting events have you seen live?
Java Journal 28
What is evolution? What have you changed in your life this year? How has your life evolved?
Java Journal 29
What do you know about stem cell research? What do you think about stem cell research?
Java Journal 30
Have you ever been in a natural disaster? What happened? Do you live in an earthquake zone or near a volcano?
Java Journal 31
What do you think about air and water pollution? What changes in air or water quality have you noticed in your lifetime? What do you think about global warming? Describe what you know about the scientific data. What does your family, community, town, city, region, and/or country do to reduce, reuse, and recycle? What are 20 ways people can improve the environment?
Java Journal 32
What gardens have you visited? What is your favorite garden? Have you ever gardened? What did you grow? What would you like to grow in a garden?
Java Journal 33
What is justice? What is the role of the courts? Have you ever been to court? Do you like to watch TV shows or movies that depict legal problems and courtrooms? Why are these shows popular?
Java Journal 34
What kind of transportation do you use on a daily basis? How important is public transportation? What kind of transportation would you like to use? Helicopter? Train?
Java Journal 35
Who are your favorite teachers? What made them great? What subjects did they teach? What would you teach if you were a teacher? How would you make that subject matter interesting for your students?
Java Journal 36
What is equality? Describe the traditional roles of women and men. How have these roles changed in the last 100 years? In the last 10 years? What jobs are now open to women that were traditionally only open to men? What jobs are now open to men that were traditionally only open to women?
Java Journal 37
What are the funniest advertisements that you have seen? What are memorable advertisements that you have seen? What roles does marketing play in your life? Do you fast forward through commercials or do you watch them?
Java Journal 38
What is your favorite car? How were the first cars invented? What types of cars will be invented in the future?
Java Journal 39
What is your favorite myth or legend? Describe what you remember about it. What are other stories you heard as a child?
Java Journal 40
Describe your ideal vacation spot. Where is it? Have you visited this place before? What did you do? What kind of sports can you do while on vacation there? Who would you travel with while on vacation?
Java Journal 41
In honor the 4th of July, Independence Day, explain what independence means to you.
Java Journal 42
What is leadership? What are the essential characteristics of a leader? Which characteristic is the most important? Which leaders do you admire? Why?
Java Journal 43
Do you like to look at the stars? Have you ever visited a planetarium? What is your favorite star in the sky? Would you like to travel to outer space?
Java Journal 44
What is your favorite art? What museums have you visited or would you like to visit? If you were an artist, what medium would you use painting, sculpture, musical, writing or other?
Java Journal 45
What is the ideal weather? What is the weather like in your town? Is the weather changing? What is your favorite time of year?
Java Journal 46
How do you listen to music via the radio, CDs, IPod, or the Internet? What are your favorite types of music? Have you been to a concert? Whose concert would you like to attend in the future? Do you play music? If you could play any musical instrument, what would you play?
Java Journal 47
What is courage? What is the most courageous action that you have done? is the most courageous action that you known someone to do? What courageous actions would you like to take in the future?
Java Journal 48
What do you think about immigration in the United States or in other countries, such as England or Australia? Why do people immigrate? To what degree should people maintain their cultural heritage or assimilate into the new culture? What role does language play?
Java Journal 49
Are you a member of a social networking site, such as MySpace? What sites do you visit often? What are the advantages and disadvantages of these types of sites?
Java Journal 50
List all the technological items that you use on a daily basis. Which are the most important to you? Why?
Java Journal 51
What do you like to write about? Do you like to write fiction, non-fiction, or poetry? What are your earliest memories of writing? What writing are you most proud of?
Java Journal 52
Do you like to dance? What is your favorite dance style? What type of music do you like to listen to when you dance? If you could take formal dance training, which type of dance would you take? Ballet, Salsa, Ballroom, Tap, or Jazz?
Java Journal 53
What do you do to stay healthy? What type of foods do you eat? What type of exercise do you do? Do you like organized sports, such as soccer or football? Do you like to swim, hike or run? When were you in the best shape of your life?
Java Journal 54
What do you think of online learning? What classes would you take online? Is there a certain age when online learning would not be appropriate? Do you read books online? Do you write papers before typing online? What role does the teacher play in an online environment? Have you taken online courses before?
Java Journal 55
What kind of music do you like? Where do you get most of your music from: buying CDs, downloading songs, or in online stores
Java Journal 56
Do you think the news media is biased? Can you give examples? Can you give examples when a news story was not biased?
Java Journal 57
Does everyone have the same right to health care, as they do to police and fire protection? In other words, should it be freely available to everyone, regardless of their employment or financial situation?
Java Journal 58
How many languages do you speak? What do you remember from learning a second language in school or in your travels? Do you know anyone who speaks English as their second language?
Java Journal 59
What is creativity? Give an example of when you felt creative. What creative activities do you like to do? What creative activities would you like to try?
Java Journal 60
What is your favorite meal? Can you cook it? What do you like to cook? Which restaurants do you like to eat at? What is your favorite cuisine? What cuisines are you are interested in but you haven’t tried yet? What food do you dislike? What was the worst meal you ever had? Describe an ideal food day to you.
Java Journal 61
What is charity? Why do we give to others? What kind acts of giving do you remember in your life? What was given to you? What did you give to someone else? What are the kindest acts of giving that you have heard about so far?
Java Journal 62
Do you like animals? What is your favorite animal? Do you have a pet? If you could have any animal, what would it be?
Java Journal 63
List 10 games that you like to play – from soccer to crossword puzzles. What were your favorite games when you were younger? What games would you like to play? What games have you played in school? What games help you learn?