Today, I asked a question in the OR (hospital's operating room). I hesitated to ask at first - what if I asked a stupid question? Would my Canadian counterparts look down on me because of a stupid question? But, the attending (a high ranking doctor) said, 'Good question! I know in Asia you don't...but in Canada we do...'.
So, here comes my question: What could be a 'stupid question'? Teachers usually want their students to ask questions. And, a question can be a good title for an article, or a good topic for a conversation. But, only too often, students are afraid of asking stupid questions and hesitate to ask. In fact, it's not easy for learners of English to ask a quetion in English, no matter whether it's a good or stupid one. I tried to ask myself some stupid questions, but found it was not easy to ask something really stupid. Some questions may seem to be stupid, but do make sense in some cases. What about this question: Have you eaten something since last time I saw you? This seems to be a stupid quetion - how could a man survive without eating anything? But, actually, it was a doctor who was asking a patient who hadn't eaten anything for several days because of surgery.
Here comes my idea: Let's try to ask a 'stupid question', and we may try to pick a stupidest one at the end. That would be fun.
Your task:
1. Try to ask a question which you think is a stupid one.
2. Argue about a question another member just asked - try to prove the question actually makes sense.
3. Help to pick the 'stupidest question' or the 'best stupid' question when it's time for us to do that.
4. You are allowed to ask several questions at a time or at times.
What makes a 'stupidest question'?
1. Really stupid but fun
2. Gramatically correct sentence
3. Sounds natural
So, let's get started! You could be MyEC's 'stupidest' or 'best stupid'. Have fun!
Comments
@Onee
Thanks for reading and commenting on it. Yes, it's funny - it seems so many members here (including Josef and Tara) enjoyed it. I enjoyed the 'stupid question' your students asked. Maybe I should reread it and all of the amazing comments.
Lol.......................Expector,, the picture beside the question of the winner is nice. :D :D
Yeah, this is so interesting! :D
The stupid question that always comes from my student is "Miss, can I borrow your brain?" :D
@noasl
Yes, we should encourage others to ask - they may even ask about what you take for granted.
I like to think that there's no such thing as 'a stupid question'. When someone posed you a question, it will make you think. It doesn't matter if there's no answer to that question, but what important is that it makes someone wonders.
In fact, a "stupid" question is a difficult one - not easy to answer.
My question is why do some think my questions are stupid? What are their standards for discerning a stupid question and a smart question?
I can not understand their logic "Huh? Even a three-year-old baby knows this question!" So what? Does every adult have to be smarter than a three-year-old baby in every aspect?
Giggling, but I really have a stupid question to ask now "Does everyone like travel?"
:) :) :) :)
Thanks for the comment, param! I'm glad you liked this blog post. I like your "stupid" question, too.
I really liked this blog Expector!!! :) Well here's something stupid.
A stupid question: What makes stupidity so stupid??
ha ha ha ha ha
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