At a student presentation hosted by the Rockville Centre Union Free School District, Julian Fuentes argued that the power of questions — choosing the right question to frame a problem — is central to effective problem solving.

Fuentes illustrated how questions can change conversations and spur invention, referencing historical examples and arguing that curiosity drives discovery. He closed his remarks by citing a well-known line attributed to Albert Einstein: “If I had one hour to solve a problem, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask,” which he offered as a practical guide to prioritizing inquiry.

Fuentes presented the idea as both intellectual habit and life skill, encouraging classmates to ask more and better questions in learning situations. He framed the argument as a prompt for classroom curiosity rather than as a policy or program proposal.