I agree with Berliner when she states that school sets back children from being curious and being able to ask questions. I’ve had experienced times where teachers would mainly focus on getting our lesson over with rather than answering our questions. I can relate to Matt Caldwell, the headteacher, when he states “School kills curiosity. When do children get to ask questions about things that interest them? As soon as they are at primary school they have to shut up and learn. They have so many targets to meet.”Many teachers didn’t want to fall back on the curriculum, so we stopped asking questions to avoid wasting class time. I felt discouraged to ask questions and many of my classmates felt this way too. Overall, I feel like students feel more comfortable when getting the chance to ask questions and be curious instead of making our curiosity seem unimportant.Â
Hey Miah I also had a teacher that was just trying to get through the curriculum instead of answering the students questions. It definitely made the students put minimum effort when it came to the assignments. And most of the time half of the class left without most of their questions unanswered which made the class very unmotivated to ask questions the next class.
Hi Miah, I can also relate to feeling like teachers just want to get through the lesson and not wanted to take time to answer our questions. After experiencing this is gets hard to find the courage to speak up because you don’t want to waste time. I also liked the quote you chose because it talks about the agenda schools have and do not want to steer away from with letting kids ask questions. What do you think teachers could do to create a more comfortable environment for questions?