Issue153:Students should bring a certain skepticism to whatever they study. They should question what they are taught instead of accepting it passively.
I do agree with the statements the speaker holds that students should bring a certain skepticism to whatever they study, they should question what they are taught instead of accepting it passively, on the ground that skepticism is the very propulsion to the progress in learning.
Firstly and basically, questions arising from study help to build up the knowledge students have been taught. Specifically speaking, questions as well as the efforts to seek answers is essential for students to thoroughly understand the origin of the problem and its development instead of just remembering and repeating what have been taught to them. For example, when students are studying a theorem of mathematics, the questions such as: what is the meaning of this terminology, why is this theorem presented in this way, is it possible to prove it in another way, will surely deepen students' understanding about the theorem. So, as is asserted above, questions can solidify students' interpretation of what they study.
Moreover, skepticism has been proved to be a key to making progress in scientific researches. Necessary skepticism about the predecessors' works can bring about original ideas thus is likely to give rise to an innovation. On the contrary, without skepticism, nobody could make even a little step forward in his or her field, no matter how talented he or she might be. We can see that Newton would never find the rule of gravity if he had held full faith in Aristotle's theory. Not only this applies to scientific research, but surely applies to study in schools.
In sum, according to the reasons discussed above, I absolutely agree with the speaker's view that students should keep skeptical about whatever they study. Only through skepticism we can gain better understanding of the knowledge.