I was one of those students who wouldn't accept everything I was told simply because the teacher said it (especially in maths and physics). I wanted to understand why, or see a proof.
In all my years at school I only had 2 teachers who accepted this and encouraged this intellectual curiosity - the rest just thought of me as a trouble maker for putting the questions they couldn't be bothered answering (or simply couldn't answer).
It's good to see there are still a few good teachers out there.
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I was one of those students who wouldn't accept everything I was told simply because the teacher said it (especially in maths and physics). I wanted to understand why, or see a proof. In all my years at school I only had 2 teachers who accepted this and encouraged this intellectual curiosity - the rest just thought of me as a trouble maker for putting the questions they couldn't be bothered answering (or simply couldn't answer). It's good to see there are still a few good teachers out there.