“School Kills Curiosity” written by Wendy Berliner is an article that talks about how the education system try to lessen a child’s curiosity by not letting them ask their questions and just making them listen. This idea was highlighted in the first few sentences of the article by the writer, showing a scene of kids who were pointing out at a thunderstorm and filled with curiosity about it and their teacher just telling them to sit down and listen to the lesson. Berliner would also include research from 2013 where showed that high-performing kids were actually shown to be less curious due to how they saw curiosity as a risk in their education instead of part of their education. In that same section, the author would also include on how the American researchers found that these high-performing students would ask questions that would improve their results like grades and such, while the more curious kids were asking questions that would deepen their understanding in the topic they learned. Wendy ends off her article with a quote from Paul Howard-Jones, professor of neuroscience and education at Bristol University, stating that there isn’t enough time in schools for creativity and following up on curiosity, which is why we need to end up finding some time during school days for questions.
