How do you teach people to ask profound questions?

I have been trying to teach my students to ask profound questions for several years.  I have studied how to do this, and I have worked on asking my students to think about asking questions that could not be answered in one word.  This does not mean that students find this easy, or even worthwhile to do.  I gave this group many days to complete their questions about The Magic Flute, and here they are today, most of whom did not even start these questions.  I am giving them today to work on them, even though I gave them a week of tlts to complete them last week, or at home, or at any other time, ..

so I was losing it that day, and now the world is redeemed.  Read these amazing examples of questions created and answered by some students.

Q: Why didn’t Tamino break his vow of silence when he meets up with Pamina, the woman he loves?
A: He is determined to be accepted into the brotherhood, even if it means that Pamina becomes upset with him. He values his loyalty to the brotherhood, and will complete the trails, even if it means breaking Pamina’s heart.

Q: Why do Papageno’s bells grant him true happiness? How does this relate to Mozart?
A: Papageno’s bells give him true happiness because the bells play music. This relates to Mozart and his life because one of the only things that could bring him happiness was music.

Q: Why does Papageno break his vows almost immediately?
A: Papageno is more of a care-fee, “go with the flow” person. If he prefers to drink a glass of water, he will. He isn’t as loyal to the brotherhood as Tamino.

Q: What could be a reason that the spirits are incorporated into the story?
A: It is known that Mozart was scared of the paranormal. In his last years, he wrote funeral music that was requested by a man he thought was a ghost. This could tie into the part near the end, where the ghosts tell Papageno to play his bells and make music.

Q: Who is Tamino?
A: Tamino is a prince, who is saved by the three lady servants of the Queen of the Night. Once he is shown
A picture of Pamina, he falls in love. He eventually helps defeat the Queen on the Night.

Q: Why did Pamina refuse to follow the Queen of the Night’s -her mother- orders to kill Sarastro?
A: Although Pamina loves her mother and would obey her, she knows that murder is wrong, and those kind of morals that could affect someone’s life so dearly like that come before her obedience to her mother. I believe when the Queen of the Night asked her to do this and she refused, it made her see how evil her mother could be.