There are two questions I like to ask of just about everybody I know. The first one is "What scary movie wrecked your childhood?" (My answer is Kaltiki - The Ever-Growing Thing, but lots of people say The Wizard of Oz!) My other question, a bit more trite but just as interesting, is "What book would you want with you if you were stranded on a desert island?" Here is how some of us in my place of work (Friends General Conferece) answer that question:
Here is the interview with Parker Palmer: The Vocation and Soul of an Educator.