Yes, no, maybe. These are the replies most people receive when they ask a question. What happened to those in-depth lengthy answers?
Today, as a society, we are continuously condemning the curiosity that enables us to live in a world full of imagination, innovation, and exploration. In recent years, the school system has failed students by forcing them to memorize arbitrary facts and methods. What happened to the days when school was a just for learning? I have never lived in that type of education system.
I have rarely experienced the pure joy of simply learning. Instead, I "learn" (more like memorize information) for grades, ranks, and numbers — that inevitably define me.
The proverb: curiosity killed the cat, is something I have heard for a majority of my life. I am a very inquisitive person. I like to question everything around me. However, today, we have marked curiosity as a negative trait — students should just understand something without a real reason.
Curiosity, investigation, and experimentation are all actions that promote positivity. Yes, excess discovery can encourage danger, but with discovery comes a solution. Solutions for problems that plague our world today.
When I discuss this phrase with others they say that the phrase is just expressing concern for unnecessary experimentation that could engender potential harm. However, I am a firm believer in the idea that no discovery is unnecessary. Yes, some discoveries are painful, sad, and devastating, but they are necessary to foster growth.
I am tired of society promoting a culture that believes curiosity and inquisitiveness are somehow harmful characteristics. Every bad discovery can produce millions of life-altering changes.
Curiosity is able to cure the cat, but society has conditioned us to think otherwise.