Y-Speak: Broadening your horizons

IN MY fifteen years of studying, I always encountered classmates pretending to know the lessons well. When the teacher is asking if students understand the lesson, I always heard a yes.

Well, nothing is wrong about saying yes if you truly understand the lesson. But pretending to know the imparted learning, I guess it does not make you productive.

Most of my classmates are reluctant with regards to asking questions. I think, because they do not want to be corrected by someone. Maybe because they felt that it is stupid to ask questions when it already tackled by the teacher or someone.

I admitted that sometimes I am like this. I am afraid that I may appear stupid in front of them. That the person I have asked will say “Oh I already told you that earlier” or will say “it is obvious.” I also have this kind of attitude wherein, if I think that I know the answer I will not ask or I will just search it on the internet.

However, it turns out that by not asking a questions will lead to different errors. It will lead to some mistakes that would affect the outputs. By limiting yourself in terms of questioning will also lead to knowledge gaps. Most importantly, if you are not going to ask questions, you will not find out what the answer is.

I always think that I must ask a question in order to broaden my knowledge about the things I don’t know. I always put on my mind that questions facilitate discussion. Through this I will be able to acquire some lore that will be useful in the future.

Sometimes, it is not right to limit oneself in learning something new. Asking someone a question doesn’t make you fool. According to Chinese proverb, “He who ask question remains a fool for five minutes. He who does not ask remains a fool forever.” (Jessa Mae Reston, Usep Intern)

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