What was a fact taught to you in school that has been disproven in your life?
Well, it it has been Disproved it isn't a fact......
Yes, several come to mind.
That algebra will be useful in real life.
You may not personally use algebra, but without higher math we would not have any modern conveniences. We would be stuck in a lifestyle as The Romans or their contemporaries lived. Hail Caesar.
If you give a honest days work for a days honest pay you will be successful in America. What is good for business is also good for America. Trust the police. Women get really, really excited when their whites are whiter when they come out of the washer. I kinda wish that one were true.
That good will always triumph over evil.
Then 2016 happened.