{"id":460687,"date":"2006-01-01T13:00:39","date_gmt":"2006-01-01T21:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=76556"},"modified":"2024-12-27T01:24:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T01:24:46","slug":"school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/school\/","title":{"rendered":"School"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It\u2019s a fair bet that anyone who taught mathematics to the young Albert Einstein dined out on the story. The teacher who had the most influence on Einstein, however, was the one who taught him to read and write. None of Einstein\u2019s math teachers saw the genius lurking there, but his theories were published in scientific papers and he needed writing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nobody can know how much influence a school has on an individual. I have a friend who left school with no qualifications and was described by his head teacher as \u201cineducable.\u201d He is now an award-winning novelist and poet with a Ph.D. You could say the education system failed him, but he did learn to read and write even if, when I first knew him, his reading was confined to the sleeve notes of his Elvis collection.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? You&#8217;re missing out<\/h2>\n<p class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content\">Any Text Here<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"a07online-global-marketing-prompt\" href=\"https:\/\/supercars.memberful.com\/checkout?plan=86696\">Get Started<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-signin\">\n<h4 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-signin\">Already a Member? <a href=\"https:\/\/supercars.memberful.com\/account\">Sign in to your account here<\/a>.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a fair bet that anyone who taught mathematics to the young Albert Einstein dined out on the story. The teacher who had the most influence on Einstein, however, was the one who taught him to read and write. None of Einstein\u2019s math teachers saw the genius lurking there, but his theories were published in scientific papers and he needed writing. Nobody can know how much influence a school has on an individual. I have a friend who left school [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":322,"featured_media":708270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,11272,261,18207],"tags":[18322,17152,17140,548,17143,17201],"class_list":["post-460687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-members-only","category-motorsport-racing","category-special-feature","tag-2000s-all","tag-car-culture","tag-members-only","tag-motorsport","tag-special-feature","tag-last-lap-column"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>School<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mike Lawrence discovers the importance of the racing school in shaping the history of motorsport.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/school\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"School\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mike Lawrence discovers the importance of the racing school in shaping the history of motorsport.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/school\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2006-01-01T21:00:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-27T01:24:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/01\/Mike-Lawrence-TF.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"702\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"336\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Lawrence\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michael Lawrence\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/school\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/school\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Lawrence\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9ecce5f233369521caad554c1241d5d6\"},\"headline\":\"School\",\"datePublished\":\"2006-01-01T21:00:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-27T01:24:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/school\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1035,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/school\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2006\\\/01\\\/Mike-Lawrence-TF.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2000s All\",\"Car Culture\",\"Members Only\",\"Motorsport &amp; 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