Tootler: Tom Paxton sums up a pretty fair chunk of my education. Just change the US references to UK ones.

WHAT DID YOU LEARN IN SCHOOL TODAY

An awful lot of people, many in my age group, seem to have suffered from really poor schooling. I don't recall learning that our government's "always right and never wrong" etc. I do recall being taught to look at things from several angles and not to always be content with the obvious explanation.