? Questions ? - Journal 5

I hate asking questions. I ask a question because I am not clearly reading or understanding something properly. I quote when I ask questions, to clarify and specify what exactly I am asking. I do feel when I submit or email a question that I get a short and rude response, exactly the quote that I quoted as a response. Growing up I was told two different things. The first thing, my mom taught me. She always told me, there is no such thing as a stupid question. Asking questions broadens your knowledge. She lived by that, and still does. It can be quite annoying at times, especially when she asks the same question over and over again. This class has taught me to have more grace through that. I have asked the same questions over and over again and felt the tension in responses. For some of the questions, I still haven’t understood the response on, but I have felt with the responses I received, that maybe that is something I should not be asking? Now I understand that she isn’t asking again to annoy me, either she didn’t understand or she wasn’t listening. My father on the other hand was the opposite, he use to ask me if I talked to hear myself talk. The answer to that was yes, yes I did. The older I got, the less I talked around my dad. He seemed annoyed when I asked questions, and unlike my mom would occasionally tell me “ask a stupid question, you get a stupid answer”. Maybe that is why they got a divorce when I was 6 months old. When I was in high school I did have my Algebra 1 Honors teacher ask me if I was stupid when I asked a question. Instead of answering my question she proceeded to tell me “that was something you should have learned in 8^th grade.” Since then, I have been hesitant to ask teachers questions. Unfortunately with a course like this, you can’t really get around it. I apologize if my questions annoy you, or if I am asking the same question over again, I truly do not understand what my assignment is, or what the policy is when asking. I only quote, to show exactly what my question is based around.

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