We should NEVER have that !
Not if we want a scientifically literature public:
"the myth of the existence of “The Scientific Method” is propagated in many high school and introductory college level science textbooks (e.g., Emiliani, Knight, & Handwerker, 1989; Hewitt, 1998; Hill & Petrucci, 1996). In fact, as one participant noted, “The Scientific Method” is often “drilled” into students’ heads."
Abd-El-Khalick, F. (2006). Over and over and over again: College students' views of nature of science. In
Scientific Inquiry and Nature of Science (Vol. 25 of
Science & Technology Education Library) (pp. 389-425). Springer
"Perhaps the central fallacy is that there exists an entity called 'science' about which sweeping generalizations can be made; for example, that science is characterized by the scientific method"
Bauer, H. H. (1994).
Scientific literacy and the myth of the scientific method. University of Illinois Press.
At your level, though, you might want to check out simpler texts such as
Numbers, R. L., & Kampourakis, K. (2015).
Newton's Apple and Other Myths about Science. Harvard University Press.
(in particular, Chap. 24: "Myth 24: That the “scientific method” accurately reflects what scientists actually do")