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Why Asking Questions Helps You Win in the End

Have you ever swallowed a question and thought, "Isn't it weird to ask this?" It takes a little courage to raise your hand when the surroundings are quiet.

Children who ask questions usually grow faster because they spend less time staying stuck on what they do not understand.

Questions are proof that you are thinking.

The person asking the question is not someone who is not thinking. These are people who have found out in their own minds, "This is what I'm concerned about," and "This is not connected." So questions are part of the power of learning.

Good questions are small

Rather than saying, "I don't understand everything," you can say, "I don't understand what this word means," or "I don't understand what happens when you press this button," which makes it easier for people to help you.

What you can do today
Try asking questions about one thing you don't understand, dividing it into "what" and "how".

At Digital Kodomo BASE, children can practice using computers and programming to say where they stopped. People who can ask questions have the power to pave their own path.