"Ask a Stupid Question Day" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From the phrase there's no such thing as a stupid question. Etymology templates: {{m|en|there's no such thing as a stupid question}} there's no such thing as a stupid question Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Ask a Stupid Question Day}} Ask a Stupid Question Day
  1. (education, chiefly US) A holiday that is sometimes celebrated, usually by school students and teachers, observed on either September 28th or the last school day of September. The purpose of the holiday is to encourage students to ask more questions in the classroom. Wikipedia link: Ask a Stupid Question Day Tags: US Categories (topical): Education, Holidays
    Sense id: en-Ask_a_Stupid_Question_Day-en-name-pcTdAwV2 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Topics: education

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