Response Post: "The Stupid Question"

This is something that I found in Amber's blog that I thought was very interesting:

"If you don’t understand something, then ask someone else about it and you can learn by asking the question, even if it sounds ridiculous.  Asking questions to try to understand things you don’t understand is the equivalent of opening new doors to new explorations and opportunities."

     I really agree with what Amber said. Teachers would always ask us to ask questions in class even though it is stupid and everyone know what the answer is, I would still never speak up. I don't know why I have this feeling, but I do not ask much questions in class. I would mostly end up asking my friends at the end of the class so that I could understand. Sometimes I think that I am bothering class time when I ask a question, so I would always shelter them in my mind and find out the answer by myself.

   

     I agree that asking questions can help you learn, but it can also help other students as well. Subsequent to no one asking questions in class, students would not learn a lot. Questions are mean to be asked, not kept inside. I think that we learn from each others questions because we all think different. I have personally learned a lot from what people ask in class because they would ask questions that are what I need help in. Then when the teacher explains it, I get a clear understanding of that subject. Thanks to all those questions that I am so successful in class, but I think that I have to learn how to ask questions later on because it will be very helpful.

     I think that we should not let our fear conduct our minds when we are in need. I have let my fear control me many times and I have not been able to break away from it. We should not be afraid of our fears, but our fears should be afraid of us. We have more power than them. Now I think that I should keep this thought in mind and let my questions run free. I will try to ask more questions instead of telling my friends to ask. I need to be more brave so that I could be able to speak up for myself because my friends are not always there to help me when I am in need.