could it be? two in a row!

so for those that don't know, i'm starting this program. its a business leadership type development program for grade 11 students here in namibia that need it. i say they need it cause i'm working off the assumption that this program will be the difference between these kids making it, i.e. graduating, or not.

anywho, back to the point. today we (my friend/coworker [charmaine] and i) were preparing for the first round of interviews which are on monday. we are interviewing these kids in groups of five. so usually i'm great at coming up with all these gut wrenching questions that will get to the heart of the matter and give us what we're looking for. but i was blank this time. blank. i was even asking some people for some hard questions they used when choosing people to put on line. clearly everyone's answer was the two are completely different and i need to get it together. but charmaine and i kept debating whether these kids will open up. she says they will end up either sitting there looking blank, just saying "i don't know" or being too uptight to actually answer the question. she works with the same type of kids for this other program she is doing and she said it took months for them to open up. so how do we get them to do so during the time of one interview? i mean, we came up with doing an ice breaker before we begin the interview. the same ole thing though, what is your name and what does it mean? tell us about your shoes (shout out to PBS for the shoe one! lmao). i don't think that will do it though.

the challenge is to get questions that are as simple as possible, english is a problem... but to be able to measure their motivation, their struggles and their commitment to doing the large amount of work they will be getting during the program and expectations afterwards.

any ideas?