Coming of age

“Was there a subject at school where you came alive?”

Tips for asking

The teacher, the moment you realised you understood something, the smell of the room.

Listen for

Why that one, do you think, and not the others?

More from Coming of age

“Did you have a mentor in your late teens or early twenties — not necessarily called that?”

“What did you most want to escape, as a teenager?”

“Was there a book, film, or piece of music that changed how you saw the world during this time?”