Introduction. "Why didn't I learn this in school?" -- 1. The question formulation technique: teaching multiple abilities in one process -- 2. Choose the question focus: the starting point for student questions -- 3. Introduce the rules for producing questions: an exercise in metacognition -- 4. Students produce the questions: divergent thinking unleashed -- 5. Students improve the questions: closed- and open-ended questions -- 6. Students prioritize the questions: analysis and convergence -- 7. Next steps: "what do we do with all these questions?" -- 8. Students reflect on their learning: cognition, affect, and behavior -- 9. A memo to my fellow teachers: what I've learned from using the QFT -- 10. Students and classrooms transformed: a community of self-directed learners -- Conclusion. Questions and education, Questions and democracy.