I would argue that in circumstances where they are not unfairly burdened, children are indeed naturally curious.
The problems they inherit from poverty or poor family life are not resolvable through education in the first place. That is a separate issue which requires just as much attention, but it's not a teacher's job to do so.
Giving those children a route where they can skip learning how to think and instead memorise everything is putting a bandage on the wound, not healing the illness.
Moreover, when we talk of different learning styles, it does not mean that one human is robotic in their thinking while another is not. Learning styles are about how to communicate information - i.e. through visual, auditory or kinesthetic means. There is not one person who would not benefit from learning how to think for themself, just as all people benefit from learning how to use their emotion and intuition to inspire creativity.