{"id":63137,"date":"2026-01-17T09:10:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T22:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=63137"},"modified":"2026-01-17T09:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T22:10:11","slug":"twain-on-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=63137","title":{"rendered":"Twain On Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63138\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Twain_On_Education.jpg\" alt=\"Twain On Education\" width=\"526\" height=\"789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Twain_On_Education.jpg 526w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Twain_On_Education-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mark Twain tears apart the myth of education as obedience.<br \/>\nA diploma proves you followed instructions.<br \/>\nA grade proves you memorized the map.<br \/>\nNeither proves you understand the territory.<br \/>\nSchools produce workers who know how to comply.<br \/>\nCuriosity produces minds that know how to think.<br \/>\nTwain\u2019s warning is sharp: intelligence is not measured by how well you pass tests \u2014 it\u2019s measured by how well you question them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Twain tears apart the myth of education as obedience. A diploma proves you followed instructions. A grade proves you memorized the map. Neither proves you understand the territory. Schools produce workers who know how to comply. Curiosity produces minds that know how to think. Twain\u2019s warning is sharp: intelligence is not measured by how &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=63137\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Twain On Education&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-inspiration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63137"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63139,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63137\/revisions\/63139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}