Mr. Browne’s Feb. Precept is: 
 
It’s better to know some of the questions than all of the answers 
 
-James Thurber 
 
 
 
I think that Mr. Thurber meant that the questions will lead to more questions to more and you will get a better understanding of what you’re trying to answer. You will know more because you think about the question. Don’t you think about a question when you hear one? After all the questions, will eventually lead to an answer. As if you already know the answer, there is no further process after you know an answer. People tend to think that after you know the answer, you’re done. You don’t think about the answer. You think about the question. Imagine, if you just got an answer to a question you never thought or heard about before, would you just say “Yay! I got an answer!” Or would you think about the question. “How is this answer correct?” “Is it correct?’ Most people wouldn’t think about the second one. I honestly probably wouldn’t. 
 
 
 
Something else about knowing the answer, leads me to think about being kind. When you know the answer, you might be telling others the answer which may lead their path of thinking about the question cut off. You may even be bragging, and bragging is not kind. As if you tell someone a question, you and the person you’re asking the question to participate in finding the path to “the answer.” Thank you for reading!