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Value of asking questions-By R N A de Silva Source:Island rnades@gmail.com It is generally accepted that in countries like Sri Lanka the opinions of political leaders or state enterprises are accepted without questioning by their subordinates. We have witnessed the disastrous consequences of such acceptances without proper analysis in the recent past. Is this also a result of the outdated educational practices that we use in our local schools where students are not encouraged to ask questions and passive learning is in fact seem to be favoured? We know how curious little children pose numerous questions to their parents as they want to know ‘how’ and ‘why’ of everything that they come across. Curiosity is a natural phenomenon and asking questions an essential fact for a strong learning process. Why then is this curiosity not demonstrated through questions in schools? Shyness amongst a group of people can be one of ...