Quote by Orson Scott Card
You seemed to be listening to me, not to find out useful information, but to try to catch me in a logical fallacy. This tells us all that you are used to being smarter than your teachers, and that you listen to them in order to catch them making mistakes and prove how smart you are to the other students. This is such a pointless, stupid way of listening to teachers that it is clear you are going to waste months of our time before you finally catch on that the only transaction that matters is a transfer of useful information from adults who possess it to children who do not, and that catching mistakes is a criminal misuse of time.
Summary
This quote conveys frustration towards someone who listens to others, particularly teachers, with the sole intention of finding flaws and demonstrating their own intelligence. The speaker criticizes this approach as pointless and foolish, suggesting that the primary purpose of listening to teachers should be to acquire knowledge. The speaker believes that this individual's desire to catch mistakes instead of focusing on learning will result in a wasteful expenditure of time. They emphasize that the true value lies in the transfer of useful information from knowledgeable adults to inexperienced children.
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