Is it normal i think society should teach kids to question things?

As a child I was always told that asking questions was bad. That only certain questions would be tolerated and anything authority said went. If you disagreed with what they were doing or thought it was wrong. If a child asks questions should they not be encouraged to learn and examine things? Instead of told to blindly follow orders and never think for themselves?

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  • thegypsysailor

    Questions, a good free education and independent thought are dangerous to any government that wishes to control the population.
    America is doing it's best to destroy the middle class and this is all part of the strategy.
    If you don't like it, then you and your peers are going to have to get off your butts damn soon, or it will be too late.

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  • Lex.Mercatoria

    The function of the public fool... er, I mean "school" system is to to cause a child to be more stupid upon graduation than when he enrolled. What passes for education consists of outright lies, propaganda and behavioral conditioning. They do NOT want you think and question your circumstances. You are to be, in the words of Pink Floyd, "another brick in the wall."

    The world's Elite have long been willing to provide "educational" institutions to the public to ensure a steady stream of obedient, docile workers and followers.

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  • ViolenceAgainstTheState

    I do too. I normally don't give straight answers but in this case, yes. Question everything!

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  • dom180

    I was taught that asking questions was always good, even if they were silly, and I think that is an important thing that has made me who I am. It made me inquisitive and fond of learning. Being taught that I should be unbiasedly critical (instead of having to find this out for myself) led me to be critical without the bias of cynicism. I think this is a parenting thing more than a society thing, although society does have an impact since society has an impact on everything in some form. Anyway, I completely agree. Asking questions is always good and never bad.

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  • tripw7

    You are probably not from the USA. With all it's faults it is still better in this regard...(not being a police state) than most others.
    The only way to live free and express yourself is by doing what you consider to be correct.
    You are right on. Stay your course if you can.

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  • TheMightyOz

    Resist Federal grants to state educational curricula. If the money is accepted then the Feds can make the middle class's children dumber than the children of the 1% ruling class that attend expensive private institutions.

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  • dickwashington

    what ever happened to children should be seen and not heard?

    for the record im cool with not seeing them either i hate children more then anything

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