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" The value of the student’s question is supreme. The best initial response to a question is not to answer it, per se, but to validate it, protect it, support it, and make a
space for it. Like a blossom just emerging, a question is vulnerable and delicate. A
direct answer can extinguish a question if you’re not careful. But if you nourish the
blossom, it will grow and give fruit in the form of insight as well as more questions.
In short, a question needs to be nurtured more than answered. It should be given
center stage, admired, relished, embraced, and sustained. "

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 quote : The value of the student’s question is supreme. The best initial response to a question is not to answer it, per se, but to validate it, protect it, support it, and make a<br />space for it. Like a blossom just emerging, a question is vulnerable and delicate. A<br />direct answer can extinguish a question if you’re not careful. But if you nourish the<br />blossom, it will grow and give fruit in the form of insight as well as more questions.<br />In short, a question needs to be nurtured more than answered. It should be given<br />center stage, admired, relished, embraced, and sustained.