At Face Value

All our lives we are taught to take things at face value.  At school we are taught not to question, but to accept as truth, the information being given to us.  Whether it is that green is green, that the sky is blue or that every action has an equal and opposite reaction, from the time we enter the world we are saturated with information that we are expected to just accept as truth.  That's where "because I said so" has it's origin.
And if you are curious enough to seek the "why" to these things, to question the almighty "they", you are labeled a rebel or a troublemaker.  What's wrong with rocking the boat a little?  Why must we be politically correct?  If we never question or search out the why behind our beliefs, how then can we call them OURS?  And how would we discover anything new?
It is so much easier to just sit back and say, "Oh, that's how it is?  Okay." than to ask questions, seek answers and risk inconveniencing people in the process.  So will you continue to accept everything you hear as truth, as a robot accepts a program, or will you become involved, make an effort to search out answers, work to learn the why and stop taking things (and people) at face value.