Speaking of “lies to children”, and since you are a physicist, it was only in my last year studying EE that Feynman’s QED came my way and just imagine my surpri

Speaking of “lies to children”, and since you are a physicist, it was only in my last year studying EE that Feynman’s QED came my way and just imagine my surprise on finding that photons do not travel in a straight line. (I do agree with your pedagogical position.)