Curiouser and Curiouser

thanks, Alice, for describing exactly how i feel on a daily basis!

i've always been a curious kid, but lately i feel like the more curious i get about certain things and the more knowledge i gain, the more curious i become and the more i feel like i have to learn. ask any of my friends, most of them would say that i need to be given a "question limit" per day. when do i know i've reached that limit? i get an exasperated "i don't know, courtney!" or a annoyed "just because!" - neither of which are acceptable answers, so i always end up looking somewhere else.

i also have a hard time understanding why everyone isn't as curious as me. its quite obvious to me, when there's so much to know, how could you not be curious?! but some people just aren't that way. some people are ok with knowing what they know and not knowing what they don't.

of course...curiosity comes with its drawbacks. sometimes my curiosity gets me in trouble, or leaves me with more than i wanted to know. sometimes what i learn makes me sad, or mad, or scared. but i've started to learn which questions in my head will lead to those final emotions, and which will lead me on a quest for more knowledge and more answers to the various questions that pop up along the way. it's a curse and a blessing, but i'd take it any day over being passive and not ever wondering.

"The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it aftwards." - Anatole France

Thats the kind of teacher I want to be.