Friday, May 27, 2011

ESL Discussion Questions about Status

What is it?
Do you have high status?
Where is your status high?  Where is your status low?
Do you want high status?
How do you get high status?
Can you get high status via birth?
How do you get low status?
What jobs and positions confer high status?
What jobs and positions confer low status?
What does high status give one?  Money, privilege, immunity?
Is status more important than money?
Can high status always confer one more money?
Are the Chinese status seekers?  Are the Chinese equal in theory?  Are they equal in practice? Do the Chinese respect status?
Is it easy to acquire higher status in China?  Is a China a meritocracy?
Is it possible to create a status-free society?
Do animals have status among themselves?
How do people show off their status?  Status Symbols.
What are the current status symbols in China?
Do people buy things to show off their status?
Can you have high status merely on the Internet?
Do you like others to think you have high status?
Is high status worth the trouble?
What do you think of people who have many status symbols?  Do you feel envy, hatred, admiration, sadness, respect, or sympathy?
How should people with high status treat those with low status?  How should those with low status treat those with high status?

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