"In 2007, researchers logging questions asked by children aged 14 months to five years found they asked an average of 107 questions an hour. One child was asking three questions a minute at his peak.
But research from Susan Engel (...) finds questioning drops like a stone once children start school."
CHIUDETE. LE. CAZZO. DI. SCUOLE.
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/jan/28/schools-killing-curiosity-learn
"In one lesson she observed, a ninth grader raised her hand to ask if there were any places in the world where no one made art. The teacher stopped her mid-sentence with, “Zoe, no questions now, please; it’s time for learning.”
Zoe, please be patient as I, the authority, tell you what is worth knowing and what is not.
@Antanicus ARGH. Questions ARE LEARNING. @vfrmedia
"Teachers who concentrate on developing focus and good behaviour because of the links to good academic performance, now need to take on board that developing curiosity could be even more important."
Who'd have thought that letting kids be kids instead of forcing them to become mindless cogs in the capitalist machine would be good for them? Wild.