Did you ask a lot of questions in school?

[vulcan]

This might be for the Academic forum, but I've read descriptions of INTJs being very reserved, when I know that all through school I was the first to ask any question that came to my mind, comment on an irony, or answer any question.

It has only been recently in college that I have stopped asking questions in public, instead reserving them for office hours.

[deicruxified]

until now yes... but i do think it's because of our inquisitive nature. speaking from my experience i do ask a lot of questions especially if the topic would be something that clouds my mind... i call it brain diarrhea.

[puzzlemethis]

I am sure that when I was in school I was an INFP. Since that was more than a quarter century ago and I have been married and divorsed with one child 16 years old, I am sure I know why I am now a INTJ.
I questioned many things when I was younger as I do now. The difference is that now I ask myself the questions and then research it to find the answer. I only go to other people for answers when I can't find a satisfactory answer on my own.
Good question though I never thought about that before. :thumbsup:

[Max T]

Yes, I asked loads of questions if the lessons were of interest. Did it at 13 yrs through to 27 yrs.
Found my mind would be buzzing with all the information, and either a connection would be made with something else or confusion arise and the arm would shoot up.

Friends also liked it as the monotony of the one-sided teacher dialogue would be broken up (as well as clearing any confusion for all).

[rwyatt365]

I am sure that when I was in school I was an INFP. Since that was more than a quarter century ago and I have been married and divorsed with one child 16 years old, I am sure I know why I am now a INTJ.
I questioned many things when I was younger as I do now. The difference is that now I ask myself the questions and then research it to find the answer. I only go to other people for answers when I can't find a satisfactory answer on my own.
Good question though I never thought about that before. *:thumbsup:
I rarely ask questions - I didn't do it while in school, and don't now at work. In school I was painfully shy. I kept to myself for the most part and did not interact in class. As puzzlemethis says, if I had questions I would make a note to myself and then research it later. If I found myself completely baffled, which rarely happened, I would "wave the white flag", concede defeat and move on. That has only happened 3 times; spelling in grade school, organic chemistry in high school and thermodynamics in college.

[thegnat]

I am sure that when I was in school I was an INFP. Since that was more than a quarter century ago and I have been married and divorsed with one child 16 years old, I am sure I know why I am now a INTJ.
I questioned many things when I was younger as I do now. The difference is that now I ask myself the questions and then research it to find the answer. I only go to other people for answers when I can't find a satisfactory answer on my own.
Good question though I never thought about that before. :thumbsup:
I rarely ask questions - I didn't do it while in school, and don't now at work. In school I was painfully shy. I kept to myself for the most part and did not interact in class. As puzzlemethis says, if I had questions I would make a note to myself and then research it later. If I found myself completely baffled, which rarely happened, I would "wave the white flag", concede defeat and move on. That has only happened 3 times; spelling in grade school, organic chemistry in high school and thermodynamics in college.

hehe- I didn't have the spelling and organic chemistry (probably should have "waved the white flag" but I still did well) instances - but thermodynamics and kinetics is the class that made me wave the white flag - sigh.... Edit: I reserve these questions for office hours.

I didn't ask questions in high school - I *answered* them. I knew my shit in high school. High school was so easy I probably could have skipped classes and still got straight A's every semester.... I was also painfully shy in high school too.

[orange]

In school I do not ask questions, never really have (2nd year of college currently). There are a few reasons that this is true.

1)I understood everything better than almost eveyone else.
2)What few questions I wanted to ask I would wait and someone else would always ask the qustion.
3)Teachers probally couldn't answer a lot of my questions.
4)Usally not actually interested in the subject.

In highschool I did ask a lot of questions of my best friend (an INTP) and we would go on talking about them for the rest of the day through lunch and other classes. Most of these questions however had nothing to do with what was being covered in school even though they were usally based off a future possibility or possible interpertation of something that was said in class.

[justmeiguess]

I too was painfully shy at upper school. I used to shrink into my chair and wish myself invisible, hoping that the teacher wouldn't ask me a question. Sometimes, though I would think aloud to myself. This was sometimes in the hope that someone else would hear and ask the question for me. ;D But, yeah, teachers always commented on parents evening that I didn't participate enough.

[Natrushka]

I was always full of questions, but they were rarely voiced. Usually I'd go off on my own and get answers - from my beloved books. I had to know but I was loath to have the spotlight of attention shined on me.

[mind_wander]

I am more the guy speak afterclass. Rarely during class.

[vulcan]

I was always full of questions, but they were rarely voiced. Usually I'd go off on my own and get answers - from my beloved books. I had to know but I was loath to have the spotlight of attention shined on me.
Yeah this is my stereotypical understanding of INTJs.

I loved looking like a badass who knew everything or that kid who stumped the teacher.

Then in college I just got tired.

[iwin]

I used to and still am (at 27) asking a lot of questions that probably sound very stupid to other people. But I like to question the authority of anything and anybody, and that usually drives my teachers mad. Not that I care. :)

[mind_wander]

My class have done that to my INTP professor. He was Pissed off, the big silent J treatment. Hey, thats life. I got my reasons.

[wise]

I never ever ever asked one question during any class. No way. I was too shy. Don't even think about it.

[mind_wander]

I know what you mean, used the old silent treatment. Luckily, not fall asleep while attending class that is worse than not talking.

[snoogit]

I didn't ask questions until I got into a good relationship with the teacher (not that kind), and even then it was after class one on one with the teacher. If I never felt comfortable around the teacher I was much more prone to figure things out on my own.

[Rei]

After about... the 4th grade, I asked the questions in my head only, and researched the answer later.
I always had something to comment on, it's the TJ-ness. But I don't usually say it aloud unless a friend who would appreciate it was around. That's how I ended up with so many inside jokes with myself lol... kinda sad, but meh.

[TeleportThis]

If I have a question, I'll figure it out later. If I can't figure it out on my own and its really bugging me, I might admit defeat and ask the teacher, often times in email form.

I don't like drawing unnecessary attention to myself is the main reason for not asking questions. I also don't answer questions during class unless no one else will and it is apparent that the teacher isn't going to move on until someone answers the question.

[justthefacts]

NO WAY! *:-X I did research the subject thouroughly on my own after class however if I found it interesting or needed more info.

[Firelie]

I tend to ask the hard questions that people don't readily know the answer to if I bother asking questions at all. I've had some pretty vague teachers in my time that needed constant questioning, though, especially when dealing with assignments and projects...I always want to know the parameters so that I can focus myself where I need to be.

[Epicurus]

Ofcourse I didn't (atleast I can't remember) and I don't either.

[Kathryn]

Nope, in a learning setting I don't ask questions. I didn't in 1967 (when I began grade one) and I still don't today -- I'm taking e-learning courses through a local university. If I have questions, I save them until I can figure them out or look up the answer myself.

[Raven Queen]

I stopped asking questions after a teacher scolded me for it when I was 7. Now I look up whatever I want to know on my own...

[hopscotch]

I've always been full of questions (among other things!) but rarely opened my mouth to voice them. This was partly because I didn't want to appear dim and incompetent in front of my peers, but mostly because I preferred to consult books - and now the internet, too - to find more in-depth answers. I also enjoy following the tangents the quest for knowledge introduces and that's not always possible in conversation.

[AntimonyLegault]

I asked so many questions that my math teacher would get annoyed and say "write down the notes on the board" because I wanted her to describe in great detail how the equations worked, probably one of the reasons I dropped out.

Not only that though, I revel in public speaking so I can decry the injustices of our fascist elected official, and if he made the cops shut me up that'd be so hilarious. :)

[catd]

No, not in school - college yes. I still ask a lot of questions. It drives some people nuts.

[sriv]

I have dozens of questions in my head. Never a time to ask any except the somewhat important ones.

[PHS Philip]

I used to ask a lot of questions, but eventually I just got sick of it. Teachers never really answered questions, they just shot me a glare and said something to the effect of "because." And on top of that, that and other aspects of school have caused me to just about shut down when I'm at school.

[notoppings]

I fell into the painfully shy group so I learned early on that the library was the best place for answers. Oddly enough I would ask the librarians for help and always seemed to have a better relationship with them and tended to get the help I needed to find the answers on my own. I liked that they would lead me to the answer and not just give me the answer out right. They taught me much.

[lambpox]

I'm in high school currently, and my teachers probably find me to be bright or just annoying, considering how many questions I ask. Sometimes I go off topic, because I like hearing an adult's insight on some topics more than my peers. It really just depends on the teacher, and how engaged he is. I only ask questions to teachers who I find educated and witty, people I want to learn more from.

[jesse]

It's been a mixed bag over the years in my case. When I've studied in a private school, it was much easier to ask questions during and after class and more often than not, teachers encouraged this behavior. In later years in public schools, class sizes were noticeably larger and seemed to exist only to keep us kids busy and under a watchful eye rather than truly learning.

Once in tertiary education, it has depended on the course subject and most importantly, on the lecturer / professor in charge of the course. Some encouraged asking questions, others simply lecture and whisk out of the lecture hall when time's up. Speaking from personal experience, it has generally been much easier to ask questions during and after lectures in courses which have been electives.

[candyfloss]

I think I tend to ask questions only if the topic is sufficiently complex (otherwise the intuition kicks in, and you can "see" how the thing is going to work, so you don't need questions). If the topic is interesting, I think I probably ask lots of questions because I want to get to the bottom of it all, and see how it ticks (the thinking side).

I think INTJs are inquisitive to a point, but that once they've "got it" the questions dry up, and interest begins to wane.

[Jgib5328]

I've always been one of the most frequent participants in all of my classes and I always ask questions. I've never known why.

[Genuine]

I asked so many questions that my math teacher would get annoyed and say "write down the notes on the board" because I wanted her to describe in great detail how the equations worked, probably one of the reasons I dropped out.

So true. I examine every detail of interest... while others move on.

[demaugustus]

Since High School I've done a combination of asking questions and providing related examples from my own experience to class discussions. Other students have founded it amusing or odd that I'll be totally quiet, then boldly ask a question or make a statement without regard for class size and/or composition. For example, I didn't even introduce myself on this forum, I just started posting, and long ones too. I'm just not afraid to say what I want to say - not to say I don't get nervous sometimes, but being nervous is natural and I don't fight it, so it doesn't empower me.

I once got fired from a job for asking too many questions!...long story.

[EsoteriEccentri]

I have lots of questions but I never ask them. If I'm really desperate to know something I find it out another way.
As long as I understand it, I can wait until I'm home to find out extra bits. If I don't understand it, that's where I get stuck because I never want to put my hand up and talk.

[einnelsate]

Yeah, until I got told off that it was disruptive.

[ssrprotege]

I rarely ask questions in classes, simply getting a "spotlight" was just too much for me. I generally ask questions after the classes. Some teachers would say they will research if they don't know, but I have never believed in them. I ended up doing research to find the answers.

Perhaps my only exception will be in grade 11 and 12 math classes. I was very close to my math teacher, and I had sufficient command in English to ask many questions because of either curiosity or correction/constructive criticism.

[feminerd]

I never asked questions in class, partially because I would rather research answers for myself and also because I never had much confidence in the intelligence of my teachers. I zone out in class a lot because the material is so elementary or the discussion so trivial and uninformed that I never even think of questions most of the time. Plus, I just don't like to raise my hand in class.

[Chisos]

I have lots of questions, but I am more likely to try to find the answer on my own, instead of ask someone.

In school, I was petrified of drawing attention to myself.

Now, I rarely care if I draw attention to myself.

I'll do ask questions from time to time. One of my frustrations is that frequently, either the person I ask does not know (and knows they don't know) but tries to fake it, or the person I ask does not understand things on my level, and their response is incomplete or inaccurate.

If I do reseach, then I can weigh a lot of the variables in assessing the possible answer and the strengths of the resources used in my research, and then I feel like I come up with a better response to my question.

[Monte314]

When I was in school (undergraduate and graduate), I only asked questions to try to show the instructor how "smart" I was.

Now that I've been teaching for 30 years, I know that isn't how such questions are perceived!

[Nikita]

No, but I answered a lot of questions and offered a lot of different interpretations and analyses. I wasn't very interested in questioning what is or was, but rather thinking about what could be, and I never expected teachers to be able to give me those answers, or hold their answers above my own.

[Autumnleaf]

In high school I didn't ask many questions, in college I asked a ton of questions. I think people got mad at me during test review sessions with the professors. They shot me the nastiest looks. Sometimes the teachers even sounded exasperated with me. But my grades were what they needed to be to get into graduate school.

[rbc]

Normally teachers complained about me too often answering questions. If two hands were raised, they pretty much all called on whoever wasn't me. I was often only allowed to speak when no one else offered a correct answer, and sometimes not even then.

I never needed to ask for clarification of a point explicitly made in lecture until junior year of university, because until that point nothing was difficult enough to challenge me intellectually. Until then, the many questions I did ask were either to correct the teachers' mistakes, or request they provide more advanced information on a connection which had occurred to me based on my immediate analysis of what they had just said. In college the answer was often "ask that again in a month, after I've covered topic X" or "you should take course Y next semester". In high school, particularly in science and history classes, I was often asked to stop asking such questions, on the grounds that they confused all the other students.

[Dru]

i avoided talking in class as much as possible, all throughout school. i was a very quiet child, but when i was comfortable with someone the majority of the times i spoke up were to ask questions. i never felt much need to express myself otherwise.

[NoiseNCold]

I ask question at times in class. Mostly it's because I want to see if my analogies fit with what we are currently seeing. Trying to attach what I'm learning with other things I've learned in the past.

Also, I try to answer the professor's question whenever the class doesn't seam to cooperate, I hate wasting time on unproductive stuff in a class.

[Paralex]

I always ask questions, its my nature. I always love taking in new information even the useless ones :P lol.

[Wintersun]

I ask questions whenever there's stuff not written inside the textbooks/lecture notes that need to be answered for a full understanding of the topic even when it is NOT tested, since I need said full understanding to build a consistent framework within which the information can be derived (since my memory sucks).

The most memorable case of this was in exchange rate policy in Economics, where what was inside our syllabus was the general exchange rate policy theory in most countries, but which was completely invalid for my country's scenario due to its economic structure. I asked a bit in class and met the teacher up another 2-3 times to learn more, as well as did some independent research and reasoning to figure out what the actual effects on our economy were of such policies.

I failed Economics in the first exam I took, but for the one that mattered, the exchange rate policy question really came out, and I got the highest mark possible for it, even though my answer was completely not within the syllabus (the people marking were from Cambridge btw, it wasn't my teacher who graded it...).

Stuff within the notes I rarely ask, since like some of the previous respondents indicated, I've already understood them prior to the explanations teachers give.

About 20-40% of the time (depending on the teacher) the question cannot be answered, so the nearly-omniscient Wikipedia/Google helps out there. Most of the time I'm too lazy to research if someone can already give me the answers I need though.

I'm rather reserved with peers, but talk a lot more with teachers. Maybe viewing teachers as predominantly the function "teach" with the secondary attribute "person" might help - looking at them as teaching people, rather than people who teach. The questions are then addressed to the function of "teach" rather than the person who's doing it, making it somewhat easier to deal with.

That said, some teachers dislike being questioned (since they lose face when the unanswerable question inevitably pops up), and quite a few of my classmates invariably dislike me for it (since it uses up time for something THEY don't care about, and it makes them feel dumb that a "further learning" question is being asked when they still haven't gotten the "current learning requirement" portion yet). Not that I care though... I'd rather learn more and be disliked by a few than fail the primary objective of school (learning) and have an ok-ok relationship with people who I most likely will never meet again anyway.

[Nikita]

The thing is, you can question without asking questions. You can question through challenge and confrontation. This is how I approached my schooling. I would flat out tell teachers they were wrong about XY or Z and why I thought that. It's a form of questioning through opposition, but has nothing to do with asking questions.

[Shiva]

in school.. which was around one year ago.. i asked so many questions that the teacher would somewhat be annoyed by me "Mr. XYZ how does xyz work and if, how is that possible?. Why do I have to pay for a service (church) where i never registred myself? In buisness, or if i want to be part of a club i have to register there and then pay for it. How come i have to drop out, if i never said i want to be >in< thats the opposite of the law!!

I live in Austria. And just now this question come up on my mind and i still dont get it!
Also, i mean cant everyone sell property from the moon? i mean there is an agreement that no court can do something about this. At most countries I think.
And yes i know mostly its "useless" questions but i am somewhat into law and well.. i am very curious..

[Megalomania]

I never asked questions. If I had questions I preferred to answer them on my own as opposed to someone telling me the answer. In high school I feared I might have to change my habits; teachers started grading participation based on how often you got involved in class (they literally counted each time you raised your hand). I still refused to raise my hand though, mostly out of rebellion because I thought it was stupid to grade that way, and also because I was more comfortable not volunteering. I magically managed to get 100 every marking period for participation regardless.

[plushbug]

I got the first 10 years of my education through home-schooling (correspondence courses) so asking questions in a classroom context wasn't part of the picture, it was all read and re-read the materials to find answers to any particular question. Once I got to high school and university the pattern that emerged was that either I would have no questions because I would understand the material presented, or any questions I needed to ask--by the time I would think of asking, they would be asked by more extravert class members.

[Jose]

At The end of class when I cared about school.

Never when I stopped caring about it and dropped out.

[Thinker]

I didn't ask questions.
Especially in "softer" subjects like English Literature where the majority of the teachers were radical feminists and had a habit of humiliating males. (1970's)
These subjects typically turned into female bonding sessions and an outpouring of left wing politics.

In maths and science I often didn't find any need to ask questions.

[comamind]

Asking questions implies an interest in the matter / subject or respective person. If it's not something I am interested in I usually don't ask anything and most times I even clearly get the feeling that other people "feel" me being not interested in their stories.

Since I am working in customer support I had to learn a lot about human interaction and how to make this work for me and I've learned that simply asking questions about the topic at hand implies that you're really interested even though nothing could be further from the truth.

On the other hand if there is something I'm really interested in I usually can't keep up with the inner chatter in my mind or people get annoyed too quickly.

[Jarem Asyder]

yeah, I asked questions all the time, and would usually/accidentally derail the class into some other discussion. I'm just I pissed off just about everyone with it. If I had to do it over I'd just ask even more questions.

[greenrocks]

Only if there's not a answer anywhere on a textbook that is provided for me to use with for studying to a question I have. Sometimes I overlooked and asked few question, these answers were already on this textbook. I spent more time contributing than questioning. Questioning is good, just not too frequently. Seek for the answer first, if you are sure it's definitely not there or confused, shoot away. Questioning is also good for opening up a discussion, to keep us motivated.

[Pillowmint]

I ask more questions than anyone else in all my classes. I go to a pretty small school were individuality is encouraged and the teachers don't mind going a little off topic to discuss something interesting. My questions usually are somewhat off topic; I almost always understand the basic material that is being discussed. If I went to a larger, more judgmental school, I probably wouldn't ask nearly as many questions, and I rarely communicate with other students outside of purely academic discussion.

[themuzicman]

i didn't ask a lot of questions, but i answered a lot of them.

[Kricket]

I never asked questions unless I wanted to convince someone I was engaged with the subject matter. I think there were a few reasons:

-I was shy, and had trouble getting my voice to not blend in with background noise
-I would much rather research on my own time, instead of interrupting class
-My questions would usually be misunderstood/not answered to satisfaction

But most of all, lectures seemed like more of an overview of a topic. They let me see where on my mental map I was missing detail. I know I need to get from X to Y (accomplish a task, usually passing the class) and I don't care about Z over on the left side of the map unless it's a subject worth knowing outside of a school setting. Asking about Z just slows things down.

I'm not sure how much sense that makes, but that's how it felt. In a college biology class we covered several topics that didn't interest me, so I learned what I had to in order to pass. Then we covered genetics, which I adore, but I never asked a question about it- I went home to read, absorb, steep myself in as much knowledge as possible. When I'm interested, brief questions are not enough. When I'm not interested, brief questions are too much.

[LeeRain]

Did you ask a lot of questions in school?

Oh no,I am a little talk

[pure potential]

Yes. I have always been curious, as well as verbal, and figured out early in life that asking questions was the quickest way to my understanding.

[N0c7urn3]

I usually (successfully) try to answer my own questions before I bother the teachers/profs (or bother myself bothering them). I rarely have questions regarding the course material itself though; the answer usually falls outside the scope of required study. I might ask one of the questions floating around inside my head if the class gets too quiet though.

I might have asked a question if it was an applied problem though, like whether the experimental finding discussed in manner A could be interpreted in manner B. Those types of questions might be better answered on the spot, and the other students would probably be interested in the answer too.

[Epictetus]

I didn't ask many questions in school since most of my teachers were incredibly stupid. I still can't understand how they managed to become educators when they couldn't even answer the simpliest of the questions that weren't in the text books. I was usually able to work out the answer on my own so it wasn't a huge problem.

[lioness]

Oh, yes. I was the kid who usually ended up staying after class asking a million questions about this, that and the universe.

In college I have learned to shut my mouth because I go to a conservative Christian school (the people are great, really) and well... I question everything... I stopped believing in God when I started going there... and well, enough said. Only classes I ask questions in are my Spanish ones, because well, asking questions about language isn't morally threatening ^_^

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I didn't ask many questions in school since most of my teachers were incredibly stupid. I still can't understand how they managed to become educators when they couldn't even answer the simpliest of the questions that weren't in the text books. I was usually able to work out the answer on my own so it wasn't a huge problem.

The teachers of my favorite subjects (science/Spanish/mathematics) all had master's degrees. Wonder why they were my favorite subjects? ^_^

[Darren]

I formulated a lot of questions in my head, but didn't ask them out loud in class. I would rather gather all my questions and research them myself. I think I did this for two reasons. I was quite introverted and didn't want to speak out loud in a group. Also, I enjoyed coming up with my own conclusions based on my own research. I'm still that way today.

[gn44]

I didn't really ask a lot of questions during class because most of them can be answered by yourself reading notes or the book. If I couldn't answer my questions like that, I would ask the professor afterwards or search it on the internet.

I always took more initiative in school than most people with learning.

[leveno]

I asked really good questions, but cared little to hear the answer. I just enjoyed coming up with them. Bonus, they covered up the fact that I was spacing out most of the time.

[Elwood92]

No I usually go straight to the criticizing of my teachers...

[BlinkandThink]

Yes, I asked questions all the time. I still do.

[lifesight]

I asked a lot of questions, and by a lot, i mean A LOT! some teachers as much as they admired that in me they often hated me for that as well as students. But i was always so curious to know, and i never let anything that i didn't understand pass by me, and i always wondered, so no matter how simple the thing was, i always wondered about it, tried to see it from other perspectives, and had to ask questions about it.

[BobG]

I never asked questions or answered questions in high school. I tried to find the answer on my own.

That eventually changed in college to at least thinking about my question for a while to see if I could answer it on my own and asking if I couldn't. And that didn't seem to bother to many instructors that I was asking my question a little late, provided I at least waited for a decent breaking point to ask my question.

But most of my college classes were taken after I had a job and you really can't afford to have unanswered questions in the working world. You have to ask, either during the meetings or after the meetings, but you're really setting yourself up for trouble if start a task with unanswered questions.

[sircockburn]

Even though I preferred to figure things out on my own (and usually did) I still "participated". It helped clarify my thoughts, score participation points, and get on the professor's good side. I wasn't a kiss ass though, nor was I the class prick who felt the need to publicly correct the professors. :rolleyes:

The downside is that the professor will know who you are, and your absence/tardiness will be noticed.

[Extropian]

I am shy, thus I did not ask a lot of questions during class for most of my academic years. It wasn't until my last two years of college that I started asking every question that came to mind if I did not understand something. I knew that if I didn't understand something, then there are at least 5 other people in the class that don't as well.

I also started to ask questions so that by the time the end of the semester came, if I needed help with something, the professor knew I had put effort into the class and was willing to help me out with whatever I needed.

Most people are too shy to ask questions and this can be a detriment to teachers who require students to speak up if they don't understand something.

[lisaniel]

Hi..
I work for a concern, and we do have meetings regularly...
I don't mind what others think about me asking queries..

[Leg]

usually I did, even if sometimes I knew more than my teachers

[Onigumo13]

Only after the class , in order to verify the information which I received on the subject .With which I was already familiar with , and gave some ideas and corrections on the teachers or professors subject :)

[Stealthjelly]

I always ask questions about something I'm interested in, it's one of the best ways I learn, and helps me to understand the topic better, whether it's asking about something in school or asking a friend to explain something in more detail, I do it all the time, hehe

[raimius]

In high school, no. I mostly listened to the lecture, took notes, and worked on homework.
In college, yes. I found that I usually understood the topic better when I could discuss it. I wound up talking excessively in a couple classes (only 1 other student would really participate frequently).

[Adoniax]

Too often

[silicon212]

I was always the one who sat at the back of the classroom, usually with a few empty desks between me and other students, and I usually kept to myself EXCEPT when something that interested me was the subject, and in that case yes, I asked and answered questions.

One of my classes was an elective course called 'Power Technology" in 7th grade (back in '81), and in that class usually I was the one telling other kids how to do stuff as I had been playing with / rebuilding lawnmower engines etc. since age 10.

[repartee]

Particularly whilst at school, and to the annoyance of my teachers, I used to ask questions that went well above what what the lesson was about and kept getting told 'not to confuse other students'.