The child was mystified. The teacher repeated the question:
\n“if I have an apple in my left hand and an orange in my right\u2014 take
\na wild guess: what is the question?” The child shrugged his shoulders,
\nlips arched, hands palms up. The teacher, a kind woman, sighed silently.<\/p>\n
And so she should. The question is always harder than the answer.
\nThe student who spends the time seeking questions is rare. We should
\ncancel all searches for answers and put Socrates to rest. Is it
\nimprudent to look for something else when what we have is failure?<\/p>\n
Acquisition of facts and mall specials and praise has little grace.
\nInformation is dead without intelligence to understand and use it.
\nMy position on change is simple: rediscover and use the right brain.
\nIf our nation or any is to grow, it will be questions that make it so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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