If somebody ask you a question and you don't know the answer, is it easy for!
Question: not?
I find it hard for some teachers to say I don't know.
Answers: not?
I find it hard for some teachers to say I don't know.
I agree. But as a teacher I find that students find it difrficult to accept that teachers dont know everything and almost relish the prospect of teachers having to say so. Sometimes (in the middle of the night) I imagine some of those studfents having to stand up in front of their peers and admit that they know absolutely nothing about anything!
I don't know
Its hard for teachers to say no, for me i use to say that i will look for ur answer i dont know about it at the moment.
i say i dont know and may suggest where they might find the answer
Sensible people say they do not know it, and will find out the answers
I usually tell them, "I am absolutely clueless!"
Speak the truth, because they may already know the answer.
didnt you know......teachers know everthing!
Its easy for me to say I don't know but if you give me some time I will find the answer
Yes because deep inside it is very hard if you answered him/her with false answers.
sometimes its hard when everyone is staring at u
so just look at ur neighbour show 2 fingers and say i dunno miss or avoid eye contact with the teacher
im proberly not the best person to ask! cheers
yeah me too which is why im scared to ask them questions
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the only way to find out the answer is to say I don't know or im not sure, no use pretending you know , not everyone knows everything
yeah teachers don't usually admit their mistakes or their ignorance.
I say, I don't know. If it's an interesting question, I try to find the answer. If not, I say: "who cares?".
On Yahoo Answers im pretty sure someone has a better answer if i dont have one so i just leave it alone. In real life i say oops if i goof on a fact or something so i guess i do admit it in a way..
just say Im sorry I dont know
i don't know if your in the right category!
i don't know..or i can't remember
i dont know....theres ya answer...easy for me, them that cant say dont know are t w a t s....scared to own up that they dont know everything...cant stand em
if the one who's asking is older than you.you must have to say..im so sorry but i dont know maybe you can ask to other.but if younger than you you can say i dont know
It is better to say: I don't know the answer at the moment but I will make a research on that.
And you have to research on the answer to educate your knowledge on that question. With that you help the person asking that question and also yourself: an additional information.
If it is a teacher you mean, yup it is hard to a teacher especially the student to grasp the reality that their teacher donot know the answer to the question at hand.
No it is not easy to say " I donot know the answer" if it is a teacher or the school subject is concern, but if it just an ordinary question and answer portion in one's life then I donot see why not just say " I donot know the answer" being so honest to the question and not making matter a little bit complicated.
Well Pretty,
i was like u earlier in school days as days went by i grew up n now i say don't know to anything i don't know and try to find the answers
I don't really find it hard but, I can understand in the case of a teacher. I guess they always have the fear that, his or her class will lose whatever respect they have for them. Also the insecurity that they're worth as a teacher has gone down ever so slightly if, they can't answer a student's question. It's not that all teachers are overly paranoid and insecure but, this might be coming into play on a subconscious level. Also some very brilliant people who pride themselves on their smarts, may have a hard time saying "I don't know" because of the insecurity that they're less valuable, if they fail even once at the thing that they're good at "knowing things". Not all that different from some teachers.
If I do not know the answer to a question, I will say as much - and then do whatever I can to find the answer.
In this way I help myself by helping another person: I learn something I did not previously know.
Nobody knows everything. To not admit to not knowing something, especially when you are the "teacher", is plain arrogance.
Well, teachers are pressured to know everything. But still there are too many stuff in this world to know everything. I have some teachers who say they don't know but they just give their opinions by saying "as far as I'm concerned/know"...though they seldom say it.
Well, I'm not a hypocrite therefore, I really say "I don't know" coz I really don't. I'm only human, only a fool will expect perfection from a human being.
i don't know.
There that was easy.
Saying "I don't know" is a brave thing to do especially if all eyes are on you. It is better to say so than pretend to know the answer. You will then make yourself funny if your answer doen't even hit 10% of the question.
it's better to say you don't know than to give a wrong answer