This week in Advanced Discussion we talked about a few more proverbs. One of the ones that seemed simple but brought a lot of talk was “ignorance is bliss”.
There are a lot of aspects to this proverb, but at its base it simply means “not knowing about some things is better and allows you to be happy” instead of stressing or worrying about something you may not be able to change.
While it surely isn’t good for you to be ignorant about a test you were supposed to be prepared for.
Students are not allowed to use a dictionary, so that is also part of the discussion.
“Ignorance” looks like a word many students know which is “ignore” or even “ignorant”. There is a connection, but it isn’t in the way some of the students thought. To be “ignorant” simply means “to not know about”. To be “stupid” means “to not be able to know”.
If someone asks you how to get to Nagoya station, it is okay to say you don’t know, but it is not okay to say you don’t understand.