Raise Your Hand If You Don’t Understand

There is nothing wrong with knowing something.  There is nothing wrong with not knowing the answer.  The intersection of knowing and not knowing is a classroom, a place where questions are asked and answered.  Raise your hand if you don’t understand.

The instructor gets the students attention by teaching. The student gets the instructors attention by raising their hand.  The instructor says you should ask questions. Instructors are supposed to want you to learn. Raise your hand if you don’t understand.

Some people don’t want you to ask anything.  Some don’t want you to know anymore than you do.  Some don’t want you to have more than you already have. The reason for this is usually centered around control over things.  And there always seem to be some who need you to ask what they don’t know so they can know.  Raise your hand if you don’t understand.

Some do not know they don’t know the answers.  This can often lead to them offering solutions without knowing the question.  This can frustrate the instructor who is trying to show them the way to the right answer.  This can be quite the distraction or delay for those who have need of the answers.  Raise your hand if you don’t understand.

Knowledge shared can produce understanding.  When there is a lack of understanding, it will take communication to bring it into being.  We can be more effective when we share knowledge and improve understanding.  Anything that slows down the healthy exchange of knowledge and information is working against understanding and cooperation.  Raise your hand if you don’t understand.

How can a county that had less than 20,000 residents 100 years ago, with five commissioners serving to meet needs, still expect five commissioners to be effective at meeting the needs of over 160,000 residents.  It would be reasonable to divide the responsibility on a population and geographical basis so that the commissioners can be better at meeting the needs of those residents.  Raise your hand if you don’t understand.