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you forgot the /sarcasm

No, I didn't. The teacher has the power of the grade and that grade will have an affect on their lives. Its best to suck up to the a$$hole until after you get the grade. Then later you can go back and set the record straight.

I tell my kids that if the teacher tells them it's raining outside to look out the window and find out for theirself whether it is or not.

I start my children off in questioning what I say and this leads them very naturally to question what the teacher says. But I go farther and I am aware of what papers they bring home and use them as examples for debating.

Its best to suck up to the a$$hole until after you get the grade. Then later you can go back and set the record straight.
Heeeey...sounds just like "party" politics!
I start my children off in questioning what I say and this leads them very naturally to question what the teacher says. But I go farther and I am aware of what papers they bring home and use them as examples for debating.
From your own admissions it sounds like you teach acquiescence, not a questioning attitude. How can there be debate after acquiescence?
I state things outright and then tell my kids to find out if I'm right or not. Of course, I don't state things that they can't verify on their own to be accurate.
There is no "questioning of things" at my house, especially questioning what I say. If it isn't verifiable it isn't so.
If you teach your children to "question what you say" are you leading them or leaving them to list as they will?
You've got a strange way of teaching things, but it is your choice.