Memory

Discussion Questions

Memory

Student A

1. What is your best memory from your childhood? 
2. Do you have a good memory or a bad memory?
3. What’s your earliest memory? 
4. Have you ever forgotten something important, like your keys or your phone? 
5. Are you good at memorizing things?
6. Someone asks you a question and you know the answer, but you can’t remember it at this moment. 

It is on the tip of your  t o __ g __ e 

7. Have you ever forgotten an important date, like a birthday or an anniversary?
8. If you could edit your memories, which ones would you erase? 
9. What things are important to remember? Why?
10. Do you know anyone who has a ‘photographic memory’? 

the ability to remember information or visual images in great detail

Student B

1. What is your best memory from all the vacations you had?
2. Do you usually remember things or forget things?
3. Whom do you know has the worst memory? 
4. Why do some people have a good memory while others just don’t?
5. What is it mean to “have a memory like an elephant”? 
6. A walk down memory lane – when people remember or talk about things that happened in the past. What is your favorite “walk down memory lane” story?
7. Are there some things or times that you will never forget? If yes, can you tell me about it? 
8. Do you have good memory for names/faces/numbers?
9. Do you remember all your passwords for your phone & the internet?
10. Are you relying more on computers to remember dates and numbers for you?

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