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Discussion on: Technology Must Know When to Say "I Don't Know"

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Yechiel Kalmenson

I used to teach third grade.

I used to love when a kid asked a question I didn't know the answer. It gave us a chance to try and research it together as a class.

If we couldn't find an answer in a reasonable amount of time I would have the kids take the question home and see if they could get the answers there.

Bonus benefit: it got some parents involved in the class that otherwise would not have :)

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Benjamin D Wakefield

One of the best teachers I had was my HS history teacher; there were some times he was asked a question and he would say "I don't know the answer to that but I will research it and find out for you."

It was so much nicer than getting a total BS response.