I'm a big believer in the role of questions in both learning and teaching. I punctuate my lectures with questions that I intend students to answer right then and there to start a conversation. I never think I have all the right answers. Instead, I hold with conviction that the answers emerge through the wisdom of the group.
Here is a story of a little girl who asked a question: "Why does that man look so sad, and why is he holding a sign in the street?" In the end this five-year-old raised $3,736.30 for the San Francisco Food Bank to help feed those who look sad and hold signs.
What questions are you asking today?
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Your approach is an excellent one. When I taught for a couple of years, I always learned as much from my students as I tried to impart to them.
As for the story about the little girl, I keep asking myself what else I can do to help a homeless man who accepts cash, but refuses our offers of housing and instead sleeps outside my church or behind a nearby pharmacy. I feed and clothe him as often as I can but it saddens me to see him under his blanket on the sidewalk.
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