There was an encyclopedia at school caled "Blacks Children's Encyclopedia" and I thought only black kids were allowed use it. The fact that there weren't any black kids in our school did nothing to dispell this belief.
A childhood belief about classes
others believed things like this
- Up until I was about seven, I thought soda pop was alcoholic and that's why kids weren't allowed it.Anon
- When I was a kid I thought that when my parents were kids, the world was black and white and had no color...— KKM
- I didn't quite grasp the concept of time zones, and thought that Chinese kids went to school at night.— Giselle
- I used to believe that school was a place kids go to get turned into adults.— Samantha
- In primary school, a whole bunch of kids including me believed that watermelon seeds contained ants. — Caff
- I thought black people were black because they drank chocolate milk. — Shelby