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Mentor's Field Guide · No. 04

Asking Better Questions

Trade closed questions for open ones, and ask people what they think could help. A good question hands a person the dignity of their own understanding.

Mentor's Field Guide #4, Asking Better Questions: a teacher asking a thoughtful question to a high school student in a sunlit classroom, with the quote “What’s that been like for you?” — Melvin Williams Sr

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