I’ve never done this before, but on the first day of school this year I’m going to ask my students to respond to a few questions about themselves. I polled Reddit for good questions and these are the best we came up with:

What is something absolutely essential that I should know about you? What was your greatest success last year? What are two goals (academic or not) that you have for this school year? Suppose Jane calls Wanda @$#%&*! in class. If you were the teacher, how would you address the situation? Why? What is one thing you would like to know about me?

What are some other questions you might ask your students?