{"id":19716,"date":"2023-04-19T06:36:21","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T11:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/?p=19716"},"modified":"2023-04-19T06:36:21","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T11:36:21","slug":"my-young-son-asks-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/?p=19716","title":{"rendered":"My young son asks me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>My young son asks me&#8230;&nbsp;by Bertolt Brecht<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My young son asks me: Must I learn mathematics?<br>What is the use, I feel like saying. That two pieces<br>Of bread are more than one&#8217;s about all you&#8217;ll end up with.<br>My young son asks me: Must I learn French?<br>What is the use, I feel like saying. This State&#8217;s collapsing.<br>And if you just rub your belly with your hand and<br>Groan, you&#8217;ll be understood with little trouble.<br>My young son asks me: Must I learn history?<br>What is the use, I feel like saying. Learn to stick<br>Your head in the earth, and maybe you&#8217;ll still survive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, learn mathematics, I tell him.<br>Learn your French, learn your history!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My young son asks me&#8230;&nbsp;by Bertolt BrechtMy young son asks me: Must I learn mathematics?What is the use, I feel like saying. That two piecesOf bread are more than one&#8217;s about all you&#8217;ll end up with.My young son asks me: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/?p=19716\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19716"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19717,"href":"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19716\/revisions\/19717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}