“Curiosity killed the cat.”
File that under well-known expressions that send a terrible message to those we seek to teach.
Curiosity should be the cornerstone of how we interact with the world. Curiosity should be the default state.
“But satisfaction brought it back.”
The less-used second half of the expression suggests that satisfying your curiosity can revive you from the death in the first half. Even so, it’s weak comfort. Wouldn’t you rather not be killed at all by just not being curious?
I cannot think of a situation where I would choose to use that expression. Certainly there are limits to how far I would let small children follow their curiosity (forks and electrical outlets come to mind…) but even so, I would choose to inform their curiosity rather than warning them off being curious.
Because incurious students won’t take risks, won’t create new works of art, won’t challenge the status quo. Curiosity is the source of progress. Curiosity should never be warned against.