To Know and to Love
"Curiosity killed the cat."
Whenever the notion of curiosity comes up in an English language conversation, someone is bound to say it. Yes, I suppose curiosity can kill, but come on. It's not curiosity that kills the cat, it's rashness or heedlessness or impulsiveness that leads to a careless act, yet curiosity gets the blame, as if we somehow must caution one another against it.
We all know that curiosity makes life at least a million times better than the alternative, which is to be uncurious.
Curiosity is the impulse behind science. We wonder why or what, when, who, where, why, and how, then undertake to figure it out. It is likewise the impulse behind play. CONTINUE READING: Teacher Tom: To Know and to Love
