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Study is a process of learning and question. As a student, he/she should obtain basic knowledge at first and then question the matters. Thus, the student may discover new theories or correct the existed ones.
But this point of view does not mean we could keep skeptic to whatever we have learned, at least, students need to admit the objective things.

Learning lies the foundation of study. It is the basis of everyone's further development. Without necessary knowledge, people can hardly make a difference in the academic world no matter what the major is. For example, Cauchy, who was a great scientist, made great contributions to the development of math such as the study of inequality and his theory in calculus which remain useful to us. When thinking about how he could achieve such notable successes, we realize that during his childhood, he obtained quite a lot of fundamental knowledge in math. All of this basic learning helps him build up his own perspective of the science leading to the birth of the famous discoveries mentioned above. Therefore, there is no excuse for us to neglect the basic learning.

Considering the development of the academic world, it is obvious that the skeptic plays a vital role. It guides students to discover the flaws in theories and correct them. Without any questions, which means we accept everything we learned passively, students will fail to discover new aspects of this science world. As a consequence, human beings will stop the developing pace and no progress will happen. For instance, several centuries ago, people believe that everything obeys the Newton's law of motion, which is also called classical motion theory. However, at the beginning of the nineteenth century, some scientists realized when the velocity reached a very high level, as fast as light, Newton's laws did not work well. Hence, after a serious analysis and critical thinking, Lorenz transformation came into being solving the flaws in the classical theory. From this example, we can notice the importance of the skepticism.

Even though students should be encouraged to criticize what they learned, it does not mean they should question everything, especially objective matters. Actually, what we need to question and try to perfect is all about theories concluded by ourselves. Objective things will remain the same all the time and it do not need to be questioned. Here is an illustration. Human body is consisted by cells which is an objective fact without any doubts. Thus, it is not necessary to criticize the truth. While, when it comes to the theories, students ought to think about them critically. This is because no theory is absolutely right. Let me take the definition of live as an example. People are always taught that live is based on six fundamental elements. However, recently, the scientists in NASA declared that they had discovered a new kind of creature which can live on arsenic, different from the six elements. This amazed discovery entirely changed definition of live. From now on, we should keep in mind that arsenic is the seventh element of live. As we can see, instead objective subjects, theories call for the skepticism.

In conclusion, the first step of study is learning and the second is reasonable questioning.