The 10 Most Commented-On Writing Prompts of 2025
These are the writing prompts that garnered the most student responses on our site this year.
What do you notice? What do you wonder? Taken together, what do you think the popularity of these prompts says about teenagers today? The New York Learning Network.
What better way to end this year than to share the 10 most commented-on writing prompts of 2025 from the Learning Network?
- Have your students choose one of the 10 writing prompts below.
- Explain your choice
- Write a short explanation answering:
Why did you choose this prompt?
What personal experience, observation, or curiosity connects you to it?
Why does this question matter right now (in school, in society, or in your life)? - What do you notice? What do you wonder? Taken together, what do you think the popularity of these prompts says about teenagers today?
These are the writing prompts that garnered the most student responses on our site this year.
1. Should Grades Be Based on Excellence or Effort?
2. What Are Your Thoughts About A.I.?
3. Are You Worried About A.I. Taking Human Jobs?
4. Should 16-Year-Olds Be Allowed to Vote?
5. Does the Fear of Being ‘Cringe’ Ever Hold You Back?
6. How Concerned Are You About Political Violence in America?
7. Do You Like Spending Time Alone?
8. Are Students Cheating When They Use A.I. for Their Schoolwork?
9. How Would You Improve School Lunch?
10. Should College Be the Goal for Every Student?