Although it is impossible to have answers for every problem, it is important for the teachers to encourage their students to question everything. Without asking questions, the students would never be able to find out the solution to the problems, and face another failure when they encounter the same problem. By asking questions, the students can prevent repeating the same mistakes in the same problems in the future.
Confucious, who is also known as the First Teacher of the world, is often known as one of the greatest figures in the world. Although his appearance looked nothing special compared to that of other people, many students followed him to gain an inspiration or an enlightenment. The reason that the students followed such a seemingly insignificant old man was that Confucious had a special method of teaching. When his followers or his students asked him multiple of questions, Confucious questioned them back instead of giving them direct answers. At first, this method of teaching aroused certain confusion among the students, and made them doubt the knowledge of Confucious. However, after a while. the students finally realized the deep meaning of Confucious' method. Confucious' ingenious innuendos led his followers to answer themselves without being given any direct answers. Although Confucious' method took a while to make the students be familarize with various subjects, it made them know the materials from their heart once they obtained the answer to the problem by themselves. This method of using questions to the questions instead of answers proved to be very effective for the students to retain the knowledge. The students never forgot the materials when they once came up with the logic by themselves.
Another illustrious person, Socrates also implamented a similar teaching style. Although living in a different time era and place, Socrates amazingly mirrored the same method that Confucious had used. Socrates as well asked questions to his students during his lectures, and when they answered him, he asked them more questions. The lectures never drew to an end because of the barrage of questions in the class. The majority of the students participated in the lectures more actively because they constantly had to think about the logic behind Socrates' questions. Since the students actively participated, the class efficiency arose significantly. Although the students mainly consisted of adults who were less curious than childeren, they found this particular method of teaching interesting and enjoyable. If Socrates used just the same teaching style as other teachers in his era, people would not have noticed his name these days.
Also, asking questions is proven to be the most effective in order to store information in one's brain. For short term memories, students who are given direct answers from the book would understand the material just as wenot ll as other students who constantly asked questions and obtained answers. However, in the long term, the students who were just given the direct answers without asking questions would easily forget their materials and face hardships. Since they did not fully understand the logic behind the problems, they would also fail to solve more advanced questions related to such problems. However, the students who constantly asked questions and finally obtained the answers would be eligble enough to find out the answers by themselves even though they encounter the questions that they had never seen before. Since such students are familiar asking questions by nature, they would try to solve the problem by themselves by answering their own questions.
Fianlly, these three examples support the idea that the teacher should always encourage the students to ask questions. As Confucious and Socrates took advantage of asking questions, the learners should also ask questions and take advantage of it. By asking questions, they would be able to fulfill their curiosity and be motivated to solve the problems by themselves. Also, they would not be confused anymore when they face the same problematic situation because of their familiarity with the subject. Therefore, the teacher should always encourage their students to ask questions.