when i was a little boy, i used to believe that the story of the Isrealites happened in heaven. i never knew, Isreal is a country in this world until i grew up to see it the map(atlas).

Bobodedon

When I was little, my Mom told me that her grandmother was Austrian. I thought that I was Australian until I was in High School.

Anon

I used to believe that Polish people were from either the North or South Pole. My best friend is Polish and she thinks it's very amusing.

Anon

When I was a kid, my mom told me that there were snakes under the turbans that male Muslims put on their head. I didn't have the guts to look at them when I learned that.

Anon

I saw a Public Service Announcement on TV saying that "All Aliens need to register at their local Immigration office by December 31st." I ran to my mom and said, "Mom, there are ALIENS on Earth! They just said so on TV!" I was a little frightened, but also a little excited. Wouldn't it be cool to have some little green person, or Mr. Spock, or Uncle Martin living on your block? Then mom explained that people from other countries living here were also called "aliens." Well, I guessed that would be cool, too...though not *quite* as exciting as having a spaceman for a neighbor.

Anon

i used to believe i was native american because i was a native of america!!!

rachel

(I can't find an appropraite category for this one...)

When I was younger, my family was in the military and moved around between countries. Thus, we always had passports.

It wasn't until high school that I learned that passports are not required by citizens until they leave the country. I'd always thought everyone had a passport from the day they were born.

Anon

I used to believe the reason my latina mother was so dark compared to me was because she drank coffee. Years later I learned it was because my father was white that I was so pale.
Probably why I like coffee so much now lol

Danielle

when i was in second grade they came out with flaming hot cheetos, but i had never heard of them. then a friend of mine was walking down the street so i went outside to see her and she was eating flaming hot cheetos and she was black. she offered me some and i declined because i thought they were cheetos that only black people ate. i called them, black people cheetos.

Anon

I used to believe that "euthenasia" was "youth in Asia", and I couldn't figure why that was A Bad Thing.

Kellye

When I was young I used to read a comic called The Dandy.

One strip was called the Jocks & The Geordies.

It was easy to see that the Jocks were Scots because they wore big Tam O' Shanters & liked to say stuff like "Jings" when they were surprised.

The Geordies all wore smart school uniforms & spoke plain English, so I assumed they were posh English kids & Geordie was a Scottish slang word for such a person.

My Dad was surprised when I started to use Geordie in this context & had to explain it actually meant someone from Newcastle, which is a fairly unposh place.

Richard Davies

All the people that lived in Scotland were girls

The Ice Cream Sandwich Monster

I used to believe that mexican babies were born when a black person and a white person had a baby together. I don't know where I got that idea since I am half mexican and neither of my parents are black. Oh well. Heres to being a kid.

Jenn