Times Square Wishing Wall

Times Square Wishing Wall

People from all over the world stop by the Times Square Visitor Center’s Wishing Wall to write down their dreams on confetti which is dropped over Times Square on New Years Eve.

The messages in dozens of languages show us how we are more alike than different.

Students write that they just want to graduate and get a good job. Others jot down that they want to be famous. Some wish ailing relatives well, and then there are the universal messages of peace and goodwill.

Passersby can leave messages on the Wishing Wall throughout the year. On December 30, their wishes are mixed in with the confetti that rains down on the crowd gathered together on New Years Eve at Times Square, counting down to the stroke of midnight.

If you can’t be there in person, you can still email your wish at http://www.timessquarenyc.org/.

Note: see if you can spot the Wishing Wall note written in Hangeul.

Discussion: Wishes

1. What do you wish for yourself??
2. What do you wish for your family?
3. What do you wish for your friends?
4. What do you wish for your country?
5. What do you wish for the world?

 Discussion: Time

1. What takes up most of your time?
2. How could you manage your time better?
3. What would you do if you had a few extra hours each day?  
4. If you could travel back in time, where would you go?
5. How about the future, what would you like to see?

Discussion: NYC

It's nickname is "the Big Apple" and it's the most populated city in the USA. How well do you know New York City?  Here are some things "New York" defnitely worth a Google. 

1. Statue of Liberty
2. Empire State Building
3. Central Park
4. New York Yankees
5. Broadway
6. Times Square
7. Greenwich Village