The students are being 'spoon-fed' facts and dates without having any opportunity for discussion.
Misleading facts about the war are being 'spoon-fed' to the public.
We ate at some 'greasy spoon' near the bus station.
(..) If we did that, they'd kill us. We don't want to let them get away with this. Boy, I just eat this up with a spoon. All right, youse two, I want you at my party. What party? I'm losing my piano player. (..)1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid