Things you learned in English class...

...that turned out to be bullshit in real life.

My teacher always told us that:

*Things don't happen at night, they happen by night
*You don't live a life, you lead a life

While you can lead a life by night, I've learned that most native English speakers (especially Americans) would live a life at night instead.

What other things not completely in touch with reality did you learn in your English/any other language classes?

>>22
an o is an o in normal English
Bullshit. There's at least five different ways to pronounce an "o" depending on context:
* "Pron[o]unce"
* "Word"
* "One"
* "R[o]bot"
* "Women"

>>25
Except that we do
No, you don't. This is something most Spanish speakers realize after the first few classes of English. There's no way to know how an English word is pronounced without being told.
For example:
"Tough"
"Though"
"Through"
"Thought"
The pronunciation of "o", "u", and "gh" changed in every iteration, even going back and forth in silentness, even though the word changed very little.

Sure, there's some semblance of overall consistence, but you can't know the subtleties without hearing the word spoken.