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Longwell · 09-06-2006, 04:21 AM

Hi. It seems you are worried about dumb questions. As a new "gonna-be" on this forum, I hope I can put that worry into perspective.
I used to teach a lot of adult classes (30 - 50 per year). I always had adult students who were afraid to participate due to the "dumb question phobia."
I always explained, at the start of classes that there were, indeed, dumb questions; that if you look in the dictionary, dumb is defined as "mute or unspoken," and of course a question is asking something.
Put these two together and you get a dumb question: one that is unasked. That is the only dumb question.
Be assured, others either wanted to ask it and couldn't or didn't even think to ask that question.
I have asked some very "unusual" questions here and no one has laughed yet (at least not publicly - lol).
Keep asking. We all learn from it.
Larry

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09-06-2006, 04:21 AM	#19
Longwell Montana Master Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Grove City Posts: 1,357 M.O.C. #5192	Hi. It seems you are worried about dumb questions. As a new "gonna-be" on this forum, I hope I can put that worry into perspective. I used to teach a lot of adult classes (30 - 50 per year). I always had adult students who were afraid to participate due to the "dumb question phobia." I always explained, at the start of classes that there were, indeed, dumb questions; that if you look in the dictionary, dumb is defined as "mute or unspoken," and of course a question is asking something. Put these two together and you get a dumb question: one that is unasked. That is the only dumb question. Be assured, others either wanted to ask it and couldn't or didn't even think to ask that question. I have asked some very "unusual" questions here and no one has laughed yet (at least not publicly - lol). Keep asking. We all learn from it. Larry [img]http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/htmlSticker2_cond/language/www/US/PA/Grove_City.gif [/img]