Sometimes your school may ask
you to answer nosy questions about
your personal life, your attitudes,
feelings and opinions, your family,
or your friends.
You do not have to answer these questions!
Sometimes you are told to write
the answers on a survey or
questionnaire. Sometimes these
nosy questions are part of a test,
lesson, game, activity, or
counseling. Do not answer these
nosy questions because --
- They are none of the school's
- They may be embarrassing to you or your family,
- They invite nosy snooping by school personnel into your, your family and friends'
You have a right to privacy about your personal attitudes,
opinions, feelings, relationships,
and actions outside of school. Don't
answer any of these questions even
if the school tells you the answers
will be kept secret or confidential
because it is easy for the school to
identify your answers.
Here are some examples of nosy
questions that your school should
not ask you - and which you
should not answer.
How often do you attend religious services?
How important is religion in your life?
What makes you angry?
Do you hate your parents?
What was the worst day of your life?
Do you lie or cheat?
What embarrasses you?
How would you prefer to die?
Who died last in your family?
What reasons would motivate you to commit suicide?
Write your own obituary.
What goes on
inside your home
Are your parents divorced or never married?
What does your mother do?
Who lives in your house?
What would you like to change about your house?
Do you have your own bedroom?
What TV programs does your family watch?
When you get a bad grade, what do your parents do to you?
Has drinking or drug use by any family member caused family, health, job or legal
problems? If yes, who?
Do you worry about dying soon? your
parents getting a divorce? killing
yourself a nuclear bomb being dropped
Do you hate yourself?
Do you think you look ugly?
Do you think nobody really loves you?
Do you have fights with your parents?
Have you ever had a nervous breakdown or
lost your mind?
Have you ever tried to kill yourself?
Have you felt so discouraged or hopeless
that you wonder if anything is
Do you wish you had never been born?
Do you think people would be happier if
you were not around?
Do you wonder if you have the nerve to kill yourself?
Did any member of your family attempt
How often have you run away from home?
use of drugs
How often do you use the following:
cigarettes, beer, wine, hard liquor,
marijuana, acid, speed, cocaine, crack,
If you use marijuana, how old were you
when you started?
How often do you get drunk?
Do you think teenagers should be able to
drink as long as they don't drive
How old were you the first time you had
What kind of birth control do you most
Have you ever been pregnant?
When you daydream about sex, do you
think about (a) males, (b) females,
Do you consider yourself a heterosexual
or a homosexual?
Do you know of a place to go to see a
doctor, nurse or counselor without your
parents knowing about it?
Do you have a boyfriend or girlfriend now?
Name him or her.
Do you have a best friend now? Name him
Do you share secrets with this best friend?
Name the three classmates you like the most.
Name your classmates who do weird or
Name the kids you hang out with in school.
What should you
do if your school
asks you these questions?