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C ULTIVATE A S ENSE

OF D ISCOVERY

A Letter f rom My

Kinde rga r te n Teache r

receive a lot of mail every day—piles of it. Not too long ago I
Ireceived a letter from my kindergarten teacher. It was a big
surprise for me to come across that in one of those piles of let-
ters. She mentioned that what she remembered most clearly
about me is that I never stopped asking questions. I was the most
inquisitive student she had ever had. I wrote back to her that
some things never change—I still ask a lot of questions—but
that my curiosity and sense of discovery has served me well for
all these years. I also thanked her, belatedly, for her patience
many years ago, listening to all my questions.
I started thinking back to those early days. Every one of my
questions was the beginning of a new discovery back then, and

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