Yes indeed learning is a life long thing. More breadth and greater depth. We have come a long way we humans.
Yet again there is the push for rote learning;date, kings & queens etc. All, we are told, to give a sense of pride in the journey of the 'British' through history. More mere propaganda and notion of place as with All Things Bright And Beautiful.
The rich man in his castle,
The poor man at his gate,
He made them, high or lowly,
And ordered their estate.
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/a/l/allthing.htm