Two years ago, I accompanied my principal to an administrator's conference. One of the keynote speakers asked those in the room, "How many of you have told your students that the purpose of education is to make them happy?" I stopped and questioned the question in my mind. Is the goal of education to create happy people? She then lead the discussion in the direction on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, and then I understood where she was taking us.
As you said, objectivism is necessary for survival in the current educational climate, Education is such a big system, being modeled on business efficiency standards. I don't think it hurts to be honest with students. Teaching them different thinking styles that they can pick and choose from when needed can help them more successfully navigate their educational culture.
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