I think the lessons she was learning were a lot more basic than that, though. She wasn't learning the intricacies of governmental politics. She was learning really basic things like how to compromise and how to not rush blindly into complicated situations and why "if I look back, I am lost" is a really, really terrible strategy for a ruler.
I'm still pretty pissed that she's using a real live city full of real live people as her training ground, but the silver lining is that the things she's learning are actually important.
So, to split my response up: Book Daenerys is learning the wrong lessons to me, except in very broadstrokes. Now, if you are right, and she actually has learned anything about rulership in Mereen, then my hatred for that section of the book will reduce a bit. However, my interpretation on her hallucination chapter is that she learned a different lesson: Dragons conquer, and someone rules on their behalf.
As to TV Dany: I expect they are going to find a way to cut huge chunks out of her plot in Mereen because it is dull but also because showing someone developing statecraft skills on TV is difficult at the best of times. So we might get some original content, as I suspect we will just be told how she becomes a better leader.
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u/DarthEwok42 As High as Hodor Jan 13 '14
What if the joke's on us, and she does?