I think the premise here is that curiosity is the source of learning. Without it, students are just going through the motions. Learning becomes a form of drudge

I think the premise here is that curiosity is the source of learning. Without it, students are just going through the motions. Learning becomes a form of drudgery. Cleverness emerges as method of solving the meta-problem of institutionalism. Švejk-like behavior becomes the norm where passionate learning could have been cultivated. Under these premises, teachers in standardized environments are already in an impossible situation.