Are you a teacher? What do you teach? I'm always curious how it goes, because I grew up in a sort of educational bubble. EDIT: I read your profile; how freaking cool.
I am not officially a teacher, I did not go to school for it. My wife is the teacher in the classroom and I help her out during the day. Because her class is split (1st and 2nd grade). We will usually cut the class into groups and I will re-enforce something that she was teaching or review concepts with the kids. However if I were to wax pedagogical (I am not sure if that's the right adjective) just for a bit, I am a teacher, the students are teachers, everyone is a teacher! My primary philosophy is that everyone knows something that is worth learning.
My primary philosophy is that everyone knows something that is worth learning.
I agree with your philosophy. I was just saying the other night at a party, after asking a lot of questions of someone, that I'd almost always rather be the one learning in the conversation. I ask a lot of questions and it's made all the difference. Of course, I'm happy to "teach" when the opportunity arises but for the most part people are so interesting, it's a shame to not learn more about/from them.
Asking questions and teaching interactively is a actually a great way to learn something interactively too. If you are with someone else, and you teach them something, often times you'll find that they will give you a perspective on the subject you hadn't thought of before. So you've gained in at least 2 ways by asking questions, first you have helped yourself by learning more and second you have helped the "teacher" gain a new perspective on the problem.