We teach teens what we think they ought to know, and we never tell them what they want to know.
That was after Napoleon died because there is still a controversy as to whether Napoleon was poisoned with arsenic. And the French say the British did it and the British say the French did it, but he died before the test for arsenic was available.
You come to the planet with nothing and you leave with nothing, so you'd better do some good while you are here.