Teachers Don't Always Tell The Truth

I hate to accuse anyone of being a liar, but, if you attended grade school in America in the 1960's, one or more of your teachers likely lied to you...at least one time. Specifically, if like the kids I grew up with in Rolla, they told you that it was "i before e except after c", then there's your proof. Had these (otherwise fine) teachers, never heard of the words weird, sleigh and dreidel? Obviously, what they should have taught us was, "i before e except after c, d, s and w". C'mon man!