when it comes to africa for example i was taught that they're poor cause their land isn't harvestable or some bullshit like that, and then i find out as an adult it's actually cause western countries fucked the shit out of them and huh that makes a lot more sense
I remember learning about how it was due to that Africa almost only produces raw resources as opposed to refining and that meant that they essentially are cut out of where the profits are. This because their economies were set up that way by their colonial overlords.
I had some ok teachers I guess.
You had some good teachers by the sounds of it. Even if it doesn't tell the whole story it seems like at least an honest attempt to understand it.