Ask the Stupid Questions a guest post by Professor Ornery Dragon

Ask the Stupid Questions a guest post by Professor Ornery Dragon

Go ahead. Ask them. I was in a discussion the other day that ended up on the topic of asking questions of teachers, lecturers, speakers, etc. And it was brought up that many people never asked questions, even on topics they didn’t understand, because they figured that they were the only one in the audience or class who didn’t understand the topic. That is simply untrue.

I used to tell my students that the only truly stupi...