Sorry if off topic, but the first paragraph of your post brought back some great memories of 9th grade science class. Arguing with my teacher about whether brown dwarfs were real or not. he vehemently denied it. So I brought in some articles to prove him wrong, in front of the entire class. Mr. Caylor was PISSED! I remember him being red in the face, explaining to me that he didnt make the curriculum, and had to teach it, regardless if it was true, or even outdated. I was supposed to sit down, shut up, and learn the untrue things he was trying to teach us.

That's when I started teaching myself things I wanted to know, and questioning everything taught in school.